It is currently 10:00 in the morning on Sunday, January 26th, and I have a long to-do list in front of me, which, on top of other tasks, includes everything I want to get done for the blog today. But I just don't feel like doing those things just yet. Instead, I'm going to drink … Continue reading Evolution of My Love for Poetry | Sunday Morning Thoughts
Baking - like reading and blogging - is an activity I enjoy immensely, and one of my goals for the year is to bake my way through The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum, an infamous (U.S.) dessert recipe book and baking guide. I thought it would be fun to incorporate my love for baking … Continue reading Reviewing The Cake Bible: Perfect Pound Cake
"A loss is not a void. A loss is a presence all its own; a loss takes up space; a loss is born just as any other thing that lives... I am here; I am here; you are not alone. Here I am; I am grief, the living child of your suffering. I am the … Continue reading The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock | 2020 Reading Challenge
Here with another Happy New Year greeting - this time From My Bookshelf. It's the first FMB post of the new year and new decade, so I thought it would be fitting to feature the books of my first 2020 book haul. On Saturday (January 11th) I drove over to a local used bookstore, primarily … Continue reading From My Bookshelf: The First “New” Books of the Decade
There's Something About Baking In addition to building up and maintaining my reading pace over the last few years (my post-grad phase of life), I have also discovered a love for baking. With my own kitchen, baking tools, and access to countless TV baking competitions and bakers who upload content and recipes online, I've had … Continue reading Reviewing The Cake Bible
2019 might be over, but I'm still hanging on to it for the month of January. If you read my December Wrap-Up, you might remember that I had a few books in "Currently Reading" status - in fact I have been "Currently Reading" them since about October. Well, I will be using all the motivation … Continue reading January TBR | 2020 Reading Challenge
