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H is for Half of What You See #PandemicAlphabet
I grew up watching soap operas, and one of the biggest tropes in soaps (yes, I see what I did there) is that Character A sees Character B in a compromising--or shall we even...
It’s Monday & I have consumed some media
I'm finally home after my five-week (!) Eastern time zone adventures. There may be a lot to say about that some other day, but I have read some books and watched some TV &...
When There Is No Fine Print: Adventures in Car Rentals
On Saturday, I was slated to leave Tennessee at around 1 p.m. to drive to Florida so I can visit my parents before I head back to California. The plan was to go to the...
It’s Wednesday & I have an ashy eye
Okay, I'm going to get into the ashy eye story in a minute, but also I just want you to know that I got a COVID test after flying across the country, and it is negative....
F is for Flight #PandemicAlphabet
I decided to leave California. If you've been following the news, you know the wildfires are very intense there, and the air quality is terrible. The one closest to me--the...
5 Books I Wanted to Nominate for My Book Club’s Middle Grade Mystery Theme & the One I Did
So my book club is doing middle grade mysteries for October, and unfortunately, I can only nominate one book. One! This is sad for me because I have a lot of books that I...
It’s Tuesday & I watched some movies
Also, I guess I should confess that the new block editor for Wordpress isn't that terrible. I think last time I either got sent to some incomplete version of the editor OR I...
Book Review: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
★★★★ Look, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a well-written book with beautiful language, but my rating/review is probably (mostly?) more about WHEN I am reading it than...
It’s Monday & I bought a couch
Except my couch is actually a loveseat. If you don't know the difference between a loveseat and a couch, let me just explain to you that I now understand why it's called a...