Photo Diary: 2023 so far

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

Grief

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

The House of Sorrowing Stars, Beth Cartwright

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