Musings :: Moments :: Memories
Harper and I are going for a walk just us two before the kiddos get home. The evenings are getting ever so slightly lighter. We are eating chicken nuggets and sweet potato fries in front of the telly watching Mr Bean. Austin had to walk out at one point because it was too cringe! Evelina… Continue reading Around Here
As part of my renewed desire to journal regularly, I dug out my One Line a Day journal which I started in 2020. When I started it, I had no idea that I would be recording the start of a pandemic. I only managed to do it daily until July. In 2021, I only managed… Continue reading One Line a Day
Book 1 of 2023: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. Although I love writing and I love reading, I do not really enjoy writing book reviews. I think I find it difficult to convey my thoughts about a book without spoiling it and I tend to only want to write about the books… Continue reading Tiny Book Review
When I started to make this list, the first decision I had to make was right in the first section. I wrote 'In 2023, I want' and immediately felt uncomfortable. Saying I want something seems so forward, direct and impolite. I almost changed it to 'would like' to make it sound less aggressive but I… Continue reading More and Less
She grows up, too, with the memory of what it meant to be properly loved, for what you are, not what you ought to be. Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell This book had me in pieces. I definitely want to get to see the play at the RSC. There are some who can live without wild things,… Continue reading Five Quotations I Love
I have updated my annual Reading Challenge page so you can see what I read last year as well as keep track of my reading throughout the year, as I will update it from time to time. I was reflecting on the fact that I have not managed to read as many books this year… Continue reading New Year Reading
Last year, my word was Bold. I think that I became bolder in 2022. I still have work to do. I do want to choose a new word, though, for this year. A friend asked me yesterday about this and how I choose it. Sometimes I need a verb, and sometimes an adjective. This year,… Continue reading My Word of the Year – Connection
Each year, I make a fun list of things to aim to do - some are easy and some are very difficult. Last year, I managed to get a lot of these things done but I also have some things I want to carry over for 2023 and some I want to let go of… Continue reading Looking back on my 22 in 2022 list
In the minutes and hours before the clock strikes twelve, the house is filled with friends reuniting. We had spent the day preparing: moving sofas, clearing rooms, cleaning, sprucing, filling the larder. When everyone arrives, the house is alive. Food is shared and drinks are poured. The children play hide and seek, despite the teenage… Continue reading Happy New Year
It has been an odd year for reading for me. My usual goal of reading 50 books - which I have managed for the past two years - is almost certainly out of reach. However, after months of not reading very much at all, I am looking forward to enjoying some books that befit this… Continue reading October Reading
Notes From My Day 