making life a little sweeter
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
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
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