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I love when I accidentally
come across a “Reese’s book club” pick…
this was one.
I really enjoyed reading this.
The writing was pretty, the story line was
interesting and it was a pretty quick read.
I just read that it is now part of a trilogy
and that a movie has been made of it
so I may have to check that out.
4♥♥♥♥’s out of 5
NEXT UP:: A LULLABY FOR WITCHES - HESTER FOX
I picked this book up
while I was still in Halifax
but at the tail end of my dad’s stay
in the hospital…
it’s not my usual kinda book purchase
but it ended up being a pretty good choice…
a lot of twists
a lot of turns
a lot of thinking you know
what’s going on
and then a lot of realizing
you don’t actually know
what’s going on….
so…
kinda like life
in a nutshell.
(seriously
every time I write about a book
I have read
I feel like I need the disclaimer
that this is
obviously not a
real book review…
this is just me saying
hey, so I read this book
and then going completely
off topic
with whatever seems
to be currently occupying
the space in my
brain….)
3♥♥♥’s out of 5
NEXT UP:: THE HENNA ARTIST - ALKA JOSHI
While the day started off
iffy
with a frustrating trip
to the walk in clinic
(getting there half an hour
before they opened according to
their website but finding out that
if you want to register
you really have to come AN HOUR
before the time posted
ON THEIR WEBSITE…
am I bitter? maybe a l'il bit)
it got better.
I spent some time reading a new book
(that is SO good, by the way)
by the boardwalk
and even did a short walk
in between weird little rainshowers…
AND I ate at Subway
which I can do now
because I can order using the app!!!
If you know me, you will know
that ordering from Subway stresses me out…
it’s too many questions…
as soon as they ask me what kind of bread,
i’m done. I’ve drawn a blank. I begin
stuttering & stammering and then
I lose the thread of the entire food order
and sometimes just leave.
So yeah…the app saved my life. :)
and then…..there was ice cream…. :)
(Kool Breeze - Skor sundae)
♥ can i please have a school bus????
♥ i want want want WANT this.
♥ when 26 was about 3, she said “that’s ok, I’ll wear it again when
I come back as a little girl” because she had outgrown a favorite dress…
this made me think of that.
♥ I really, really wanna stay here….I know it’s slightly out of my
usual range of “maritime travel” though. Heh.
Not a true wordless wednesday
as you are now reading
words
but I just wanted to say
that I have been planning
an off island adventure
again for this summer
and that made me think about
last summer’s first ever solo adventure
and how frigging fun that was
and so I thought I would share
some of the photos
from the trip to
Hopewell Rocks, Cape Enrage
and, oddly enough, Truro…
(I tend to operate without a map
or a plan…)
I can’t WAIT to do this again.
If you have any suggestions on
where a girl who doesn’t like
a lot of traffic and crazy intersections
but does like nature
and trains and rabbits and deer
and breathtaking views
should go, let me know!!! :)
Ok….this really isn’t going to be wordless.
I have to say that when I look at these photos,
they take me right back to that moment.
I had gotten to the place that I was going to stay at
and I was full of nervousness and doubt and fear
and anxiety…wondering if I should have done this,
wondering if I should just go home.
I checked into the Inn…and then I went for a drive…
a random drive…that took me down this little hilly road
and I saw cows.
And I felt like I was home. Safe.
I recognized this. I felt calmer.
I could do this.
I could just explore THIS area
just like I explore at home…
This was the moment.
The shift.
The second I realized
hold on….this is fun!
Instead of anxiety,
I felt exhilaration.
Instead of fear,
I felt curious.
And then I found a restaurant that
served chicken fingers & the waitress
teased me about my salt consumption
and I ran out in the street to shoot a rainbow
and felt like I was at home again.
♥
when i reread what i
wrote yesterday
about how my
dad felt when we were
both in the same area,
close proximity
but each doing our own thing
and how that made him feel
happy and content…
i realize that i often feel like that now…
26 is living home with me
and we often spend a lot of time
together and apart…
i hear her at the top of the stairs
at my old art desk,
mixing paints, cutting paper,
giggling at tiktoks and youtubers…
while i am down here
clickclacking on a keyboard,
doodling letters made out of flowers
and little geek girls
with sad eyes and striped socks
listening to leonard cohen and bonnie raitt…
we meet in the middle often…
she cooks me meals,
we watch greys anatomy…
but i love this somewhat shared
alone but not alone time….
having grown up kids live with you
is not really a bad thing…
sometimes
it’s exactly what you needed
even when you didn’t know
you needed it.
♥