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My Year in Books: 2022
Top 10 Fiction The Testaments by Margaret Atwood After re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale this year, I finally picked up the sequel. Apparently some readers thought the multiple POVs cheapened the story, but I liked it. The Measure by Nikki Erlick Sci-fi in which everyone receives a string indicating the length of their life. I’m not…
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The 2022 Soundtrack
Meet Me At Our Spot – THE ANXIETY // A dad on TikTok did a hilarious dance with his baby to this song, which endeared me to it forever. I just found out this week that the woman on the track is Willow Smith!! Alaska – Pinegrove // Something about Pinegrove is pleasingly throwback to…
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The 2022 Survey
I’ve completed this survey every December since 2001. This year, complete with collages to capture my best and/or most meaningful moments of the year! You can find past posts in the Year End tag. What did you do in 2022 that you’d never done before? Got covid; became a liturgist at church; enrolled in a…
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One Day HH 2022
Last week was the tenth anniversary of #OneDayHH, an annual Instagram challenge created by one of my favorite writer/podcasters, Laura Tremaine! I’ve always recapped the whole day in a blog post, and am still doing so even though I now have a public Instagram for this blog. It allows me to go more in depth…
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Thoughts on Parenthood After 14 Months
Some random things I’ve learned/been pondering now that I’m the mother of a toddler: When you have a baby or young child, you just need things to work. If I have any margin for error in my day, it’s very small. I need to be able to depend on my surroundings. I need my home…