It's here! Witch Week, a celebration of fantasy books and authors, is an event I cooked up in my first year of blogging and it's been going ever since, now ably hosted by Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross Writer. This year's theme is Polychromancy and here is the exciting lineup of posts: Day 1: Monday 31st October. Daphne … Continue reading Witch Week 2022
This month I took a strengths assessment survey as part of a writing workshop I'm taking part in. Interestingly enough, given that my One Word is "connect," my top strength came out as "Connectedness." Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com The survey's description of this characteristic includes phrases like "In your soul you know we … Continue reading #OneWord2022: Connecting with strength
This month, for the Support Book Bloggers Challenge I thought I'd shake things up a bit and look for some random blogs I would not have come across otherwise. I scrolled through the Search panel of WordPress Reader and picked out a few posts that caught my eye, then commented on them. As a bonus, … Continue reading #BookBloggerSupport22 Challenge
I got through this month's Dark Is Rising readalong book, Greenwitch, in extra quick time. It's the shortest book in the series, and I remember it as one of my favorites. I was swept along again by this atmospheric tale that contains elements of horror but also of elegaic beauty. I don't think it's necessary … Continue reading #TDiRS22: The sea, the sea
It's been a while since I did one of these posts. There is no lack of books on my shelves waiting for me to read them, however, so I thought I'd better ask your help again. This month, I'm featuring some of the beautiful illustrated books that I lugged along with me across the Atlantic … Continue reading Make Me Read It: Beautiful illustrated books edition
It's been over half a year now since I decided to try using Functional Medicine to address my longstanding digestive issues and migraine headaches. This involved testing to assess my gut microbiota and other factors, changing my diet to a more gut-friendly mode, taking supplements and probiotics to support healing and good flora, and "brain … Continue reading My Functional Medicine Journey, Part III: Assessment and next steps
My review of Elodie Harper's novel, The House with the Golden Door, is now up at Shiny New Books! The House with the Golden Door returns to the world of Elodie Harper’s acclaimed novel, The Wolf Den, set in first century CE Pompeii. If you haven’t read the first in the series, this review may … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: The House with the Golden Door
A friendly reminder that Witch Week is on its way, October 31 to November 5. This event, which I started in my first year of blogging, now ably hosted by Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross, Writer, celebrates fantasy books and authors during the week designated by Diana Wynne Jones as "a time when anything can happen." … Continue reading Witch Week is coming …
Literature One thing leads to another in my reading life ... Mind Over Medicine by Lissa Rankin, read in the course of looking for answers to my health issues, led me to Rankin's website and online courses, and thus to a quote from Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, which I immediately sought out, … Continue reading Month in Review: September 2022
