temperature fascination
As long as I can remember, I have always associated the weather on my birthday with -20-something degrees celcius. I remember frigid walks from home to the bowling alley (or back from) in my teens. We always say stuff like, “Oh, it’s just Cat’s birthday with 40-below temperatures!” Every time…
january thaw
I didn’t realize how suffocated all this snow was making me feel until the thaw that’s happened in the past 36 hours. We are at 10C, with lots of rain, and so much of that snow has vanished. We have streets again. Sidewalks. Like, actual asphalt and cement. Suddenly I…
tackling Mount TBR in 2018
I tend to hoard books. I don’t do it on purpose, but it happens. I see a book I want to read, and I get it. The past couple of years I have tried to rely more heavily on borrowing books from the library, though it’s more difficult where I…
through the thorns, to the stars
There’s not a whole lot in 2017 that I feel I need to look back upon. I’m not the only one who felt it was kind of a bummer of a year, but… 2017 was an interesting year for me. It was a year I needed. To reset myself. The first…
my favourite reads of 2017
I surpassed my reading goal of 50 books this year. As of writing this post I have read 94. Granted some of those were picture books (early in the year), I did read a lot more than I have in the last couple of years. Less stress, more time, and…