Author Archives: lydias

Top Ten Tuesday: Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books

In: Blog Hops

Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl You’re all about to hear some funny stories about the outrageous, silly, and memorable things I’ve done for the love of books. For anyone who didn’t already know, I was a preacher’s kid growing up, so the church’s building was basically my family’s second home.  We were there two… Read More

My 4 Favourite Fantasy Tropes

In: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Last year, I had a blast blogging about my favourite science fiction tropes. It occurred to me recently that I’ve never given the fantasy genre the same treatment, so that’ what I’ll be talking about today. Reluctant Heroes Example: Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” If someone were to knock on my front door… Read More

3 Things I Don’t Love About Fitness Culture

In: Fitness

A few days ago blogged about the four things I love about fitness culture. Today I’m going to be talking about three things I wish I could change about it. Since it can be difficult to read people’s tones on the Internet, know that I’m bringing up these concerns because I care about this topic… Read More

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Comfort Foods and Recipes and Whys, Oh My!

In: Blog Hops, Personal Life

Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. This week’s topic is “Favourite Comfort Foods & Why (& Recipes),” so of course I just had to play around with the wording of it a little in the title of this post in order to sneak in a reference to The Wizard of Oz. I will now proceed… Read More

4 Things I Love About Fitness Culture

In: Fitness

With the weather gradually warming up here in Ontario, I’ve been spending more time thinking about fitness and fitness culture. Once the last patches of snow and ice have melted for good, my neighbourhood is going to have even more people going out and about for a jog, walk, bicycle ride, or other forms of… Read More

My Top Five Distractions and How I Deal with Them

In: Writing

Unless you happen to living in a hut in the middle of a forest that happens to be filled with silent animals, you’re eventually going to run into things that distract you as you’re writing or doing other work. Dealing with these distractions is of the challenging parts of my average day, so today I… Read More