2017 will go down on record as an abysmal year for reading for me. I’m not sure what happened, but I only read 38 books, and my goal was 64. I usually don’t mind if I don’t hit my goal, but reading less than 50 books is very out of […]
We haven’t forgotten about our book reviews! We encountered a blip last month, but a good one: Vernell came over for a visit, and we were too busy catching up to think about blogging. Are we forgiven? I read a grand total of four books in March and got back […]
Please be aware that this post is very tongue-in-cheek. I’m not usually a fan of book lists like this, since I don’t think that what we read should be determined by our gender. But because it’s the International Day of Women, I thought it would be a good idea to […]
Creative Simplicity has been my mantra for just over a year now. It’s what I keep at the forefront of pretty much everything I do, personal and professional. For me the phrase embodies everything I care about, creativity and simplicity of course, but also mindfulness, intention, slow and simple living, […]
yekl rmo I love, love, love the Gilmore Girls, it was my go to guilty pleasure TV show to watch a few years ago. I don’t know what it is about that show, maybe the awesome but weird relationship between Rory and Lorelai, maybe all the references to pop culture, […]
Since 2013 I have been using Goodreads to set and track a reading challenge. In 2013 I set a goal of 52 books and read 55. In 2014 I increased the goal to 60, and read 57. I am sticking with 60 again this year, let’s see if I can […]
I’m enjoying a quiet rainy Sunday today, with lots of time to think about the week ahead, and to jump start my planning. I’m also spending time looking back at some of the fun and interesting things I read in the last seven days. Here are some of my favourites. […]
Hello! Welcome to my new digs! I’m so happy today to finally unveil the new Callaloo Soup. And almost 9 years to the day that I started blogging too! When I made the move over to WordPress, I made one major change. I split my old blog into two sections […]
