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A Mixed Bag – My TBR for July

Here are the books I’ve committed to reading this month. I’m on track with my reading after a fairly intense June (thanks Read Caribbean month, you were amazing!). I’m slowing my pace but still reading every day. The details: Normal People Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small […]

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Set Up a Salad Bar at Home

I’ve been talking about how much I am enjoying eating salads these days, they are the perfect meal for these super hot days. Plus really easy to put together! I started making them randomly by just tossing whatever I had handy in a bowl. Confession: this was pretty much sheer […]

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spooky and folkloric reads

Halloween Planner It’s the month of Halloween, but it’s also Caribbean Folklore Month, so my TBR is focused that way right now. Here are my spooky and folkloric recommendations. The Mermaid of Black Conch by Nicole Roffey. I read this back in June for #readcaribbean, but my Caribbean Book Club […]

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on the fly photo walk

while running errands last week i did a quick impromptu photo walk, and snapped some shots around town. i’m really glad i did, because it’s been raining, and these sunny photos are keeping me warm today. i’m definitely going to do this again soon. but with a bit more intention! […]

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new art supplies

i got a box of fun new art supplies this week. i’ve been wanting to invest in a set of inks for ages, so this ink focused box was just perfect. i had some really basic spray inks from my scrapbooking days, which i would use when inks were called […]

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à table!

i’m cooking dinner tonight, and it’s one of our favourite meals: gochujang chicken. can’t beat chicken and potatoes right? this version is slowly roasted for over two hours in a sweet and spicy sauce. it takes about twenty minutes to prep, then another 15 minutes once cooked to get it […]

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rambling

i’m finding it hard to settle into getting anything concrete done this week, and this morning while doing my morning pages, i had an epiphany: i’m exhausted from over extending myself last week. i signed up for three different classes without realising it (you know those free challenges that lead […]

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