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One of those days
What do you do when you have one of those days when you feel like an idiot? Most of the day I did nothing, but got me, it just takes one oops to make me feel like a failure. And then everything after that just seems to pile on top of it. So although today mostly good, lots of reading and painting and yet.. -
Books
I have been volunteering at the Friends of the Aurora Public Library Book Outlet since June of 2018. I just wanted a place to volunteer when I retired, and a bookstore? brilliant. And it has been. I get all the benefits of owning a bookstore with none of the headaches. We are 100% volunteer run, so our overhead is rent, utilities, and a few ( Read more... ) -
Readers Take Denver
This convention is a fairly new convention in the scheme of things, and I volunteered for it this year. It benefits Julie's Friends (which is a charity that helps low-income families pay their vet bills). I thought, helping out animals while I get to bond with bookish folk? perfect. This is the last time (after my shift tomorrow) I will be ( Read more... ) -
1000
I had an odd little goal this year, one that started when I signed up for MANY contests (to win books) that often required signing up for newsletters - where they send you free books! (granted they are usually on Kindle, and are often short novellas to get you hooked on characters) So, once I started getting close to 1000 books on my Mt TBR that ( Read more... ) -
Why?
I still find myself posting here when I am not in a happy good place. But..here we are. We leave for a 2.5 week trip in two days and I am a bit stressed. Husband is not really participating in the getting ready, and that too is stressing me. And then I come here, and apple tells me the app no longer exists, but LJ says posting is easier from ( Read more... ) -
Too Many Books
I have been on a romantasy kick, with lots of spice as of late. And Instagram is THE place to find recommendations - and so I have been adding them like crazy to my tbr, so I don't forget about them. But how can there be so damn many I want to read?? Stupid erotic novel authors getting all crazy and writing books I want to read, like I don't ( Read more... ) -
Books by "bad" authors
I just added a book to my Storygraph I purchased at a used book store. And I was looking up the author to see if the book would qualify for a challenge I am participating in, and found out he is a proponent of the Ukrainian invasion by Russia. He is Russian, but being outspoken and really rather disgusting (some of his comments on a radio ( Read more... ) -
goodbye to 2022
My first year of retirement was pretty great - I had a goal to watch a Horror Movie a Day, which I did. Some were re-watches, but most were new to me horror movies. I found some new gems.
I spent a fair amount of time at the Friends of the Aurora Public Library book outlet, taking care of my sections, attending board meetings and working as a ( Read more... ) -
What you do matters
I just read this article (and if you haven't yet seen Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness you may want to wait to check out linked article) and it brings up the point that what the avengers have done affects the common folk - and it reminded me that even us common folk can have more impact than you realize.
You give a smile to your barista ( Read more... ) -
Bed
Sometimes I just don’t feel like getting out of bed