I’m still chugging away at pleasure reading. I make myself read for 20 minutes a night, which doesn’t sound especially pleasurable but I’m always happy I did it. When my timer goes off, if I want to keep going, I…
Friday 5: Icons
Happy Friday! Today is National Pokemon Day (happy 30th, Pikachu) and National Retro Day. Speaking of retro, do you know what I miss? I miss owning music. I’ve been slowly ripping my MP3s back onto CDs, and I think I’m…
What I read in the Spring/Summer of 2025
I’ve finally managed to wrangle myself back into a reading habit. How? By setting a cheeky-20 minute timer every day and making myself read. I can do anything for 20 minutes, and if the alarm goes off and I feel…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 21
What I read in January 2025
It is NO secret that my reading hit a wall since 1) I stopped commuting to work every day and 2) I discovered TikTok. But this month I finished a book I started in November and could finally take my…
Mary Oliver Devotions: Felicity, 2015
Three years ago I purchased Devotions, a collection of poetry from Mary Oliver. I’m not a poetry person, but I always enjoyed Oliver’s takes on nature and humanity. I said, “I’m going to read one poem every morning.” Two years…
Friday 5: Aural examination
Happy Friday, which is also National Chocolate Ice Cream Day (YES!), World Caring Day (I care), and National VCR Day (be kind, rewind!). Most importantly, it is my second summer Friday of 2024, and today I am running errands. I…
Friday 5: Endless quest for love and glory
Happy Friday! Today is National Malcolm X Day, National Graduation Tassel Day and National Walnut Day. It’s also a Friday off which I have spent so far by 1) graduation from physical therapy (no tassel) and 2) waiting for Molly…
Read in 2023: Two Self Help Books
I do love a good self-help book. SARK’s Succulent Wild Woman came out the year I turned 25 and although I outgrew SARK (lady, I need a job and can’t spend my days in a nap hut) never stopped reading…
Read in 2023: Two Magical Realism books
I try to read all genres of books but I do have my preferences. I enjoy nonfiction, summery beach books, some fantasy, some romance, scant YA. Not deep fantasy, not murder/torture, not dystopian. But a genre that’s caught my eye…
Read: Bridgerton Series #1 and #2
Dearest Readers, Like many, I watched the Bridgerton program on Netflix. I adored Season 1 (Daphne/Simon) but did not finish Season 2 (Anthony/Kate) because the slow burn was too slow. For the last few years reading has been difficult for…
Show Us Your Books June 2022
Edited this morning to add: I just found out that today is the last Show Us Your Books. Many thanks to Steph and Jana for an amazing 8 years of one of the last great blog link parties out there….
