Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. Last week I had trouble commenting on some of the WWBC participants whose sites are hosted on Blogger. I will try to comment on your posts again this week! Here’s hoping that issue was solved. So what do you buy for someone who already has everything they need and… Read More
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A True Selfless Act Always Sparks Another: A Review of Klaus
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Last year I blogged about my to-watch list of science fiction and fantasy films. Since then, I’ve been periodically reviewing science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative fiction films. Previous instalments in this series include Into the Forest, Annihilation, Coco, Winchester, The Little Stranger, Astraea, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, A Dog’s Purpose, and Jurassic… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday: Cookbooks for Winter Holiday Feasts
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Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl My Brain: Okay, it’s time to write this week’s Top Ten Tuesday entry now. What should we talk about in our freebie post? My Stomach: Food! Brain: Well, it’s supposed to be a bookish topic and, ideally, at least tangentially related to winter or the holiday season in general.… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday: Holiday Reads
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Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl While I don’t really celebrate any winter holidays with anything other than a nice meal, I still enjoy reading books about or set in this part of the year. 1. Yuletide Tales A Festive Collective by Peter John I’ve never seen such a diverse assortment of stories related to Christmas.… Read More
Mindfulness and Difficult People
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This is a topic I thought would make a great introduction to the beginning of December and the holiday season that looms before us, but the information in it is timeless. I’m using the phrase difficult people as a shorthand term for anyone you find challenging to socialize with because of their behaviour. Labels are… Read More
What I’m Reading Over the Holidays
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I was originally planning to write about walking meditation today, but I’ve been dealing with a stubborn headache the past few days that’s kept me from doing the research needed to properly put that post together. It’s such a cool concept that I want to make sure I do it right. So we’ll save the… Read More
People Watching and the Holidays
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Like many other places, Toronto’s malls, subway system, and other public places are bustling with activity at this time of the year. No matter when someone might use or visit them in the month of December, there will be far more folks there than will be the case in January when the new year has… Read More
Holiday Topics I Wish More People Would Blog About
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Can you believe it’s November already? It feels like January ended last month, and yet here we are moving quickly into the 2018 holiday season. As someone who doesn’t observe any winter holidays other than nodding slightly in the direction of the winter solstice since it means the days will soon be filled with more… Read More
Saturday Seven: Characters Who Need a Date
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Saturday Seven is hosted by Long and Short Reviews. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so today I’m thinking about characters who could really have benefited from going on a date. None of the characters I’m about to discuss had romantic storylines. They were far too busy looking after a disabled friend, exploring a… Read More
The Tale of the Coveted Cookies
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No, this is not the beginning of a fairy tale. It really happened years ago when I was a teenager, and I thought it would be an amusing story to share with you as the holiday season ramps up. My mom comes from a fairly large extended family. Both of her parents had many siblings,… Read More
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