Life and Things I feel like a pin cushion, I’ve been to the doctor so often… I did finally get my referral for the rheumatologist. Despite the usual difficulty getting in, even with a referral, they called me the very same day, and my appointment is for mid-July. Also on the medical front, my ocular […]
Life and Things It’s been a rather rough week. I’ve spent it staying at the hotel I work at. I needed alone time, and I’ve had several appointments, so it was easier to get back and forth. I’ve missed my Sephie cat though! I have managed to keep up with my walking, so yay… My […]
This is a weekly meme created by Dani @ Perspective of a Writer, to show off favourite characters. Be sure to check out their blog! This week’s topic is a male character you wouldn’t mind as a neighbor. Jackson Brodie, from Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series. It was also a six episode BBC series titled from the first […]
Follow the blitz! From a compelling new voice in middle grade comes a reimagination of The Odyssey told from the point of view of Odysseus’s loyal dog—a thrilling tale of loyalty, determination, and adventure. For twenty years, the great hero Odysseus struggles to return to Ithaka. After ten years beneath the walls of Troy, […]
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam@Taking on a World of Words. To play, answer the three ‘W’ questions listed below. Be sure to link back to her or to put the link to your post in the comment section of her blog so that others take a gander at your answers and […]
My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books that started on Wednesday January 4th 2017. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s to share something positive. Each week is a new My Favorite.. topic. […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. Every week has a different topic. Check it out! This week’s theme is: Bookish Worlds I’d Never Want to Live In I’m going to be contrary and do 50/50. Five I’d want to live in and five I’d never want to live […]
What if you could ask for anything- and get it? In the sandy Mojave Desert, Madison is a small town on the road between nothing and nowhere. But Eldon wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, because in Madison, everyone gets one wish—and that wish always comes true. Some people wish for money, some people wish […]
Hīznobyūtī by Claude Ponti Hīznobyūtī is an ‘ugly duckling’ reweaving by French children’s author Claude Ponti. When he is hatched, Hīznobyūtī didn’t look like his family at all. He had a tiny trunk instead of a snout. They said ‘he’s no beauty’ enough times that Hīznobyūtī thought it was his name. As he grew older, he […]
Life and Things It’s been a rather up and down week. Drs are now looking into a parathyroid tumour or Sjogren’s disease to explain everything going wrong. Me, I’m hoping for a tumour, and I never thought that’s something I’d say… But Sjogren’s is autoimmune and the tumour is removable. Once removed, things reset themselves […]
