This is going to be the shortest review I’ve ever written, I’m pretty sure. But first, why did I pick up this book? Because I fully 100% admit that I spend way too much time on my phone, and I have to make a great effort to stay off it. I leave my phone …
Quick Review: A thoughtful, approachable, visually appealing cookbook that makes even The Most exotic recipe seem within reach. (This post contains affiliate links. That means when you click on a link, I get a small commission.) Isn’t this book pretty? I’m definitely guilty of judging a book by it’s cover. The photographs and layout inside …
We love redemption stories. We love the triumph of the will. We watch the fall from grace salaciously, with judgement but we cheer when grace is restored. Why? Because all of us have redemption stories. Some of them are big, like rags to riches or a life of crime to a life of honesty, but …
The Vegetarian is full of powerful and graphic imagery but nothing gory, nothing overly disturbing as alluded to in the many rave reviews of this book. I wondered if something was lost in translation.The words that come to mind when I think of this book, post-read, are minimalist and sparse. Yet the imagery is vivid, …
What was it that possessed me to request this book for review? I don’t normally pick diet books, preferring to read actual literature and knowing that most of what it inside diet books is freely available on the Internet. Maybe it was the phrase “spontaneous weight loss.” Maybe it’s because I caught up in the …
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post. I don’t what the point of this is anymore. etc. etc. etc. The point is that sometimes I have things I want to say and I like to share them, and hope other people don’t mind too much. Actually, …
Last month, my sister and I did this cleanse by a doctor that shall not be named. The cleanse itself wasn’t so terrible– a shake hree times a day, plus two light meals, which is about all I have time for anyway these days. But the shake was pretty gross, plus the vitamins that had …
So, that last post was really supposed to be a book review. When I started writing, I realized that before I could write the review, I needed to give some background and then it morphed into a post in and of itself. I’m here, parenting alone with the kids (with help from my sister and my mom!). …
If my twenties were all about figuring out who I am, trying on different personas to see which one would stick, my thirties have been about coming to terms with the person that I’ve become, both the good and the bad. More importantly, I’ve had these a-ha moments where I recognize emerging patterns in my …
When we moved to Redding, the property we rented included a vegetable garden that was already fenced in. That first summer, since we moved in July, we didn’t do anything with the garden. The following summer, we planted directly in the ground with poor results. Last summer, we put in raised beds and did a …