A year ago to the week, I wrote about where I had been, what I'd been up to, and why my blogging had lost its consistency, committing to find it again through publishing a post weekly on Wednesdays. Since that final week of January 2022, I've only missed 10 of the total 52 weeks. That's a smidge less than 20% (19.2% for all you nerds out there) which I think is excellent news. While I'm not going to quantify consistency, especially my own, by any means, I think knowing I wrote a little ...
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Empty Creativity
Once again, I have not been as attentive to my blog, and for that I’m sorry. Mostly because instead of musings, my mind has been swimming with new information as I relearn how to do a job I performed for over six years, but in a new jurisdiction. (That and figuring out my new schedule now that I can’t go grocery shopping Friday mornings since I have to be at work again. Gah, I miss my Fridays…) It’s complicated, messy, sifting between what I know—i. e. what is habit—and what is new; ...
WOMS: A Rogue of One’s Own
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. In my last WOMS, I shared about the first book in the League of Extraordinary Women series by Evie Dunmore, Bringing Down the Duke. You may recall I was enthralled by her debut novel which, in agreement with the critics, probably changed the course of ...
WOMS: Bringing Down the Duke
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As promised, here's my first book review after a lengthy hiatus of my WOMS [What's on my Shelf?] series! So beware: spoilers! At the moment of writing this, I stayed up last night until after the wee hour of 2:00 AM, and then immediately picked the ...
An Erev Shabbat Story
It’s Erev Shabbat, and I’ve just said goodbye to my husband who left for work, leaving me to watch the Dawn as I drink my tonic of coffee. Soon I’ll be going to the DMV for some much needed name changing...stuff, cleaning our home, get my hands covered in dough kneading challah, cooking dinner, preparing myself — all in anticipation of greeting the Sabbath. Except now as I sit in the stillness, I need to find silence. I need to quiet my soul. It is the month of Elul, a time of ...