I‘m nearly 2 months behind on #readlesmis — spent a rainy afternoon at the bookstore yesterday with my sister, and she bought me this gorgeous copy of the book. Should definitely motivate me to get caught up this week!!

From my sister with
love, I WILL finish this
chunkster — wish me luck!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #allergictochunksters

Warm spices fill the
air as I work my magic —
kitchen witchery.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #foodie

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I steal another
glimpse of you — don‘t you know I‘m
dying to taste you?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love #romance

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Doing much better now. 🤍

If I hadn‘t left
you when I did, I‘d still be lost —
alone in the snow.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍🩶🤍

Every day is
a rainy day without you
here right next to me.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #rain

☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️💦☔️

Flushed faces, bruised lips;
heart full, overflowing with
love — reunited. ♥️💋

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #love

💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋♥️💋

I love you — but I
really don‘t like you right now;
I‘ll keep my distance.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

I picked up this short play for a reading challenge on Goodreads. I‘ve never read any Sartre before but this was compelling. Three individuals wake up to find themselves in hell. I‘ll post my favorite quote from the end of the book below, with spoiler tags.👇🏻 I think it sums things up pretty accurately. 4⭐️

#classics #Sartre

I really enjoyed reading this for #LittensLoveRomance and look forward to reading more of the series. It‘s fun and very spicy and not meant to be taken too seriously. Perfect escapism. 4⭐️ Thanks for hosting @StayCurious ! 🤗

#romance #sexy #spicy #hockey

Saw this while scrolling facebook and thought of you @jdiehr ! 😅😂🤣

#haikuhive

And on a lighter note, I thought I‘d pay tribute to poor, doomed but insanely beautiful Mr. Pamuk. 😆😬😳

Feeling cute; might die
in an Englishman‘s house tonight —
I‘ll ask Mary! 🐎

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DowntonAbbey #tvhaiku

Tears silently fell
as I drove away from you.
How did this happen?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

This haiku is inspired by me trying to let go of my anxiety related to worrying too much about when people close to you talk crap behind your back (unjustly I might add). Instead of worrying about what they‘re saying I‘ll just pretend to not care anymore until it‘s actually true. We can‘t control what people do. P.S. Pardon my language 😬

You wanna talk sh*t?
Knock yourself out; it‘s not my
problem anymore.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Did this one a few days ago & debated on posting it since it won‘t make much sense to you if you haven‘t seen it, but what the heck. This is from another of my favorite episodes of Mad Men, S5E10, Christmas Waltz. If you haven‘t seen Mad Men I can‘t recommend it enough!

Jaguar, jukebox, drinks —
flowers from Aly Khan; a
plate of spaghetti…

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #MadMen #tvhaiku

Poor Chippy, foiled yet again. 🙀

So close, yet so far…
Will this madness never end?
Sigh. I still need thumbs.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy

Today‘s haiku is inspired by one of my favorite episodes of my all-time fave show, Mad Men. If you‘ve seen S3E7, Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency, you‘ll get me. 🤓

The Brits are coming;
never fear, Lois is here!
No more golf for Guy…

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #MadMen #tvhaiku

This is another angsty haiku and I hope nobody minds. This was from earlier this week. Things are looking up! (And oops there‘s an extra syllable in the last line 😬)

So exhausted from
tiptoeing around your moods,
waiting for you to blow.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Don‘t mind me, just another evening of overthinking. It‘s what I do best. 🙃😌🤯

Can‘t turn off my brain,
feel like I‘m going insane;
I tried, but in vain.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Foiled again by this
blasted window — can‘t bear to
look! He will be mine…

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy

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Just my experience with journaling today. Feeling better now. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Committed words to
paper that were choking me;
I can breathe again.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #journaling

Just a reminder for myself and for anyone else who needs to hear it. 🩷💜🩷

Give yourself some grace;
take a step back, take a deep
breath and move forward.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

kairosclerosis
n. the moment you look around and realize that you‘re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart, and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it‘s little more than an aftertaste.

For an instant, eyes
squeezed shut, I burned this moment
into memory.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DOOS

Could someone please ‘splain
how it‘s Monday already?
How about Mond-no.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ILoveLucy

Not responsible
for other people‘s actions
despite what they say.

I try to remind myself of this every day. My brain knows this is true but my heart struggles with it. Time to let go of the anxiety. I can‘t control what other people do. 🩵💙🩵

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #anxiety

It‘s been one of those days. 😌 So happy to have this outlet to blow off some steam.

I‘m hoarse from screaming
into the void; tired of
talking to myself.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #iaskmyselfeverydaywhyaremen 🤷🏻‍♀️

My dad befriended a duck a few weeks ago who wandered over from the retention pond in our subdivision. The last few days, she has been nestled in the exact same spot in the bushes in front of our house. Wondering if she‘s sitting on a nest! She‘s very sassy. Jace named her Daisy.

Nestled among leaves,
an eye warily peeks out;
Littens, meet Daisy!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #duck #Daisy

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Feet blistered walking
on eggshells, heart bruised by words
spoken without thought. 🥚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

My first rough haiku, since there‘s an extra syllable in the first line. 😬

It shouldn‘t be like this —
but you‘re too blind to see what‘s
right in front of you.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ostrich

It‘s day three of the
standoff. He made eye contact
yesterday. Progress! 🦎

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #catsoflitsy #Chipper #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy

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For everyone that wanted to see Nugget when she was even smaller, here you go! Cutest freaking kitten ever. 😻😻😻

You checkin‘ meowt?
Guess that‘s okay — I‘m so cute
You can‘t look away!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Nugget #catsoflitsy

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this series for #LittensLoveACOTAR & now I have a book hangover of sorts, or should I say series hangover. I‘ve always had a soft spot for Nesta & I enjoyed this just as much as the others that are centered on Feyre. Dunno what to do with myself til the next book comes out. 😪 Would highly recommend this series! 5⭐️

#fantasy #ACOTAR

Time for another slightly darker haiku. Thank you to my #haikuhive for being my therapists! 😆

I gave you my all
but you left me in pieces,
broken and bleeding.

#haiku #haikuaday #poetry #love

I love Old Hollywood and especially James Dean. Came across this gorgeous pic of him and what can I say, he inspired me. 😬

Beautiful dreamer —
a misunderstood rebel
who left us too soon.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #OldHollywood #JamesDean

nodus tollens: the feeling that the plot of your life doesn‘t make sense to you anymore.

Nearly five years gone,
the merry-go-round from hell
still won‘t stop spinning.

Dunno about you all but it feels like my life crashed & burned right around the time the pandemic started. I feel like I‘ve been living in a Twilight Zone episode ever since!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DOOS

An ode to Nugget:

I‘m saucy and sweet,
but not a nugget you eat;
I have little feet.

Nugget is the little baby runt of the litter and is just the cutest thing ever. She has adorable little munchkin legs. Can‘t get enough of her! 🐈

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #catsoflitsy #Nugget

Went to the used bookstore yesterday to drop off some books and Jace insisted on coming with to see Willa, the bookstore kitty. Willa is so chill and laid back. All of my favorite things in one place!

My favorite things —
books and cats and cats and books,
and this little guy.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Jace #Willa #catsoflitsy

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This was a quick listen at 3 hours. I didn‘t realize it‘s part of a series, but since it‘s a retelling of The Great Gatsby with a twist, I was already familiar with the characters. If you‘ve always secretly wished Nick Carraway & Jay Gatsby got together, then this is the book for you. I enjoyed the narrator. 3.5⭐️

#audiobook #novella #retelling #gatsby #historicalfiction #LGBTQ

Today would be my Uncle Glenn‘s 75th birthday. We lost him 14 years ago to pancreatic cancer. This is one of my favorite pics of him holding me when I was a baby. He was a straightforward, no nonsense person who loved his family deeply. He will always be missed. 💜 (purple is for pancreatic cancer awareness)

Today‘s your birthday
and I feel you smiling down.
You‘ll always be missed.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #cancersucks 💜

One more for today (sorry I couldn‘t resist! 😸).

Oh no, not again!
You‘ve cat to be kitten me!
I almost had him.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy #thechroniclesofchipperandziggy

The continuing chronicles of Chipper and the window lizard, A.K.A. Ziggy!

It doesn‘t please me
when this lizard teases me.
Littens — meet Ziggy!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Chipper #catsoflitsy

plata rasa
n. the lulling sound of a running dishwasher, whose steady maternal shushing somehow puts you completely at peace with not having circumnavigated anything solo.

Steamy soap-scented
air wafts through the kitchen with
a whir and a hum.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DOOS

This is book 2 in the Jane McGill series but I forgot most of what happened in the first book. 😳😬 It was just okay to me. It‘s one of her earlier books and is missing the thriller/suspense aspect which she does so well. But not bad by any means. 3⭐️

#audiobook
#FreidaMcFadden

I had high expectations going into this but was slightly disappointed. Margo is naive and quirky and I like her, but man does she do some idiotic things. It dragged on a bit too long. I did enjoy the narration by Elle Fanning. 3⭐️

#audiobook

I had a hard time putting this one down. Charly, a dermatologist, meets the man of her dreams, then shortly after that, she is shot in the head by someone in her home. While she recovers in the hospital for months, she slowly pieces together what really happened. Kept me guessing! 4⭐️

#FreidaMcFadden
#audiobook
#thriller

I enjoyed this little snapshot of two college girls spending the summer working at Tiffany‘s in NYC right at the end of WWII. A light, quick read. 4⭐️

#sundaybuddyread #WWII #memoir

My ears burn daily
with the knowledge of the lies
you spread about me.

Hope nobody minds — some of my haikus are a little dark but I find it‘s excellent therapy!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

One of my favorite memories of my grandma is when my cousin & I convinced her to watch this with us & she was so disgusted by the implied cannibalism. 😆 She was the best. (So is Sipsy!)

Secret‘s in the sauce —
that‘s what they say; I‘d ask Frank
but he‘s M-I-A.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #moviehaiku

For @dabbe ! Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my all time favorite movies (and books!). Did a rewatch the other day & this part, where Evelyn loses it in the parking lot, is still my favorite (followed closely by the food fight!). We could all take a cue from Towanda.

Hands firmly grasping
the wheel, pedal to metal,
Towanda erupts.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #moviehaiku

You‘re nothing but an
emotional vampire,
bleeding me bone dry. 🩸

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

The lovely @AnnCrystal inspired me to get this adorable bumblebee journal for our #haikuhive — which also inspired todays haiku:

Busy bees buzzing,
collecting words like honey,
pollinating minds.

Thanks again @dabbe for putting this group together!! 🤗🤗🤗

#haikuaday #poetry

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