making life a little sweeter
A few hours after I scheduled my last post, we were told that my Grandpops Jeff probably weren't going to make it through the night. As the hours went on, things drastically changed and he passed away in the early hours of the third of March. This happened eight weeks to the day from my… Continue reading Grief 2.0
As I write this, we're two months into 2023 and I'm so done with this year. What started as a fairly promising year quickly descended into grief and sadness as my paternal grandfather Stan passed away. Within a day of his funeral, my maternal grandfather Jeff was blue-lighted to hospital and then later transferred to… Continue reading Photo Diary: 2023 so far
The beginning of 2022 started off really great for knitting projects and then for some reason it all grounded to a halt. I completed quite a few really great knits that have been in the wip basket for quite some time and then started some completely new ones too, but I wanted to share here… Continue reading Knitted in 2022
Grief is a complex thing. People talk about the stages of grief and the different types of it but I like to think of it in more simple terms; it affects us all in completely different ways and just bloody sucks. In many ways, I'm familiar with grief. It's been a companion of mine since… Continue reading Grief
As I mentioned in my post here about the book Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs, I find the topic and rituals around death in other cultures truly fascinating. I know it sounds so bizarre and every time I write about it or mention it to people, I feel as though… Continue reading Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us, Paul Koudounaris
Now, this books wrapping said that it was the perfect read for fans of The Night Circus and The Binding. The synopsis caught my eye but I was slightly on the fence with this book as The Night Circus is one of my absolute favourite books whilst The Binding was perhaps one of the most… Continue reading The House of Sorrowing Stars, Beth Cartwright
The Lamplighters is a fictional tale based and inspired by a real mystery. Stonex was intrigued by the mystery of three lighthouse keepers who inexplicably disappeared from their lighthouse off the coast of the island of Eileen Mòr in the Outer Hebrides. The discovery was made in December 1900 and was made famous by its… Continue reading The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex
2022 was a good year of reading. I found books that I absolutely fell in love with, while others didn't strike anything in me although I am glad that I read them. In total, I read fifty books this year. I could've read more but I didn't want to push myself to any extremes. I… Continue reading Books I Read in 2022
This was one of my recent buys whilst in Whitby. I had seen it in the window of a wonderful bookstore and couldn't but have my curiosity peaked by the cover. I was so drawn to it. Tom Adams World of Weird: A Creepy Compendium of True Stories is a collection told from the perspective… Continue reading World of Weird: A Creepy Compendium of True Stories, Tom Adams
Another great book from Debbie Tung, Book Love is a collection of non-fiction comics showing her main character in all her book-loving glory. A wonderfully accurate portrayal of bibliophiles, it shows the inner struggles, strengths and all-too-true stereotypes of being a bookworm. There were so many great comics in here; I found myself relating to… Continue reading Book Love, Debbie Tung
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