
Mine have to to with water - rinsing my nose with salt water, & drinking more water during the day.
#BFC2022 @wanderinglynn
Mine have to to with water - rinsing my nose with salt water, & drinking more water during the day.
#BFC2022 @wanderinglynn
Finished the tagged book. A space adventure turns deadly.
Also made it to water pilates this morning and did laundry.
@Andrew65 #Readathon #MarchMadness #BFC2022 @wanderinglynn
#MarvelousMarch #Readathon Wanted to go to Gibbs Gardens to see the daffodils, but it was too cold! So I shopped for groceries and finished the tagged book and made taco soup.
And made it to the gym for yoga this morning! @wanderinglynn #bfc2022
@Andrew65
This will be a self-care month. I'm with my Dad who's is dying. Some things I'll do
Gym once a week
Talk with friends about Dad
Pet Milo every day & look in his eyes.
Spend some time outside every day
#BFC2022 @wanderinglynn
And here we are in front of Susan's photo.
I'm not in step for #foodandlit2022, but I finally finished Fairest:a memoir for the Philippines. (Was that December?) Not gonna finish the other two in time for January & February, but maybe I'll skip March & catch up.
Intriguing connections between two books I recently finished, Fairest: a memoir by Meredith Talusan and Passing by Nella Larsen.
Fairest is about a Filipino boy who grows up to be a woman, an anak araw who can pass for white in the US.
Passing is the classic novella by Nella Larsen, made into a movie in 2021.
Here is a YouTube video about passing, the & now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4M5SiX5gDI
Intriguing new fantasy in the midst of some meatier reading.
#20in4 readathon, #weekendreading
February goals:
1. Read a chapter in the tagged book.
2. Attend a water pilates or yoga class.
#BFC2022, @wanderinglynn
Grateful this is a life happens challenge
I know I'm late, but wanted to post this from a book I started.
Of everything that disappeared, Kinder Eggs are what I missed most. When the walls closed in on Gaza and adult conversations became hotter and sadder, I measured the severity of our siege by the dwindling number of those chocolate eggs, wrapped in thin colorful foil, with splendid surprises incubating inside the eggs on store shelves.
Finished My friend Annie (reread), reading the tagged book & Bastard of Istanbul.
1. The ones I use the most are librarything.com and tor.com.
2. Intentions more than goals - reading more in translation. (#foodandlit2022 & an Asian reading challenge on LT)
3. The broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin, starting with The fifth season.
@Eggs #WondrousWednesday
I'll be joining in this weekend, as it's a long weekend for me.
Goals? Cook & declutter & read. Food and clean organized spaces promote joy.
#JoyousJanuary @Andrew65
Intriguing ideas, not sure there is enough documentation behind them to convince the logical brain without more research, but I'll finish and pick at least one area to look at.
I made a shortcut version of Hawawashi yesterday. Once my sinus infection goes away, I hope I'll be able to tell what it tastes like. https://www.egyptianepicurean.com/all/mains/hawawshi
#foodandlit2022 #Egypt
Now? Let's review. You are Essun, the sole surviving orogene in all the world who has opened the obelisk gate.
#FirstLineFridays
My gentle goal for January is to use the #foodandlit2022 challenge to find 1-2 recipes from Egypt to try.
Lynn, I like how you've framed fitness this year.
#BFC2022 @wanderinglynn
Excited for this challenge again this year. Requested 2 recipe books from the library to peruse.
#foodandlit2022, @Butterfinger @Texreader @Catsandbooks
Planning to participate as able this year. First up: Aunt Safiyaa and the monastery by Bahaa' Taher.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Aunt_Safiyya_and_the_Monastery.html?id=RcQO...
#foodandlit2022, @Butterfinger, @Texreader, @Catsandbooks
The tagged book was even better the 2nd time through with a group discussing.
Looking forward to the light coming back, and a new-to-me car.
From the prologue - interesting how identity is shaped, in part, by our expectations & what we can imagine
What is gained? What is lost?
#foodandlit, @Texreader , @Butterfinger, #Philippines
1. The invisible guardian (Dolores Redondo), Obelisk gate (N.K. Jemisin) & Fairest (Meredith Talusan)
2. Um, not much into the movies, but how about some music? Come darkness, come light (Mary Chapin Carpenter), What a wonderful Christmas (Louis Armstrong & friends), To drive the cold winter away (Loreena McKennitt)
@rachelsbrittain #weekendreads
1. Yes
2. Colorful or intriguing art.
3 The chaos continues!
@eggs, #wondtouswednesday
1. Safe travel for everyone coming to our family gathering .
2. Not really
@TheSpineView
Check out this info graphic for some reads set in various countries around the world.
https://geediting.com/most-iconic-book-set-in-every-country/
#foodandlit, @texreader, @butterfinger, #Phillipines
1. Tagged book + Dawn (Octavia Butler) + The invisible guardian (Dolores Redondo)
2. Live music! & dinner with friends. (Cook casserole this am for dinner.)
3. Tagged book
#weekendreads, @rachelsbrittain
This week I finished Tail of the blue bird by Nii Ayukwei Parkes (Ghana) and Machine by Elizabeth Bear (the Synarche.) I've also read the 2nd section if The fifth season by N. K. Jamison (the Stllness.)
#DashingDecemberReadathon, @Andrew65
Sometimes first lines are not enough to hear the rhythm of the words. Which of the following do you want to read?
The birds have never stopped singing. If you look you will see that whatever happens the birds will sing their song. In my grandfather's time the first was thick thick and higher; we didn't have to go far to kill a hog. Ah, their spoor began at the edge of the village, and the taste of boar meat was like water to us, we ate so much.
Continuing to listen to Machine by Elizabeth Bear. Random reading that catches my eye or ear
#dashingdecemberreadathon, @Andrew65
You are invited to my home on May 14th, the year of the Hummingbird. (from the first section, Invitation to witness a death)
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
I've read and enjoyed the tagged book. Anyone have suggestions for more? #foodandlit
Look forward to #ReadingAfrica2022. While I don't anticipate a book for every country, I usually read a few.
Reset my goals late in the month if March & headed back to the gym after 2nd COVID vaccine.
1. Minimum of 4 books/month. (Read 7 in March)
2. 2 gym visits each week. (Yoga & water aerobics) Successful last two weeks of March.
3. Count daily steps towards World walk in Selcuk & spend 2 hours outside in yard/garden/week. (How to track?)
Trying a new app, world walking. Because I want to start with something small and doable, I'm going to Turkey, Selcuk in particular.
Thanks to @Butterfinger and @rockpools fir letting me know about the app.
#BFC21 #foodandlit
First day of water aerobics; my entire body is sore in a good way.
With some sun this azalea will pop!
BFC21
Rainy day in Georgia, the hellebores (Lenten Roses) are doing well.
#BCF21, @wanderinglynn
First day back at the gym (for yoga) on Tuesday. Glad to be back in class.
Changing my goals to 1-2 classes/week at the gym & 1-2 hours in the yard (office weeks); more when I'm at home.
(Photo from pixabay)
Pareidolia is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer. Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, or lunar pareidolia like the Man in the Moon or the Moon Rabbit. (Definition from Wikipedia, word found in "Blue Lotus" by Madeline Ashby. https://go.xprize.org/oceanstories/blue-lotus/
I like longer works best, unless the stories are really good. However I have two short story collections on the go: The book of Jakarta for a March online group & The complete stories by Clarice Lispector, year-plus read.
I don't participate in book clubs, however do the occasional group read or buddy read online.
P.S. How do I link books in this text?
#Two4Tuesday, @TheSpineView
For anyone who is interested, check out https://www.feastafrique.com/2021-reading-challenge/introduction/blog-post-title... (Challenge is being run on storygraph.)
#foodandlit
This looks amazing! And ties in with my reading about the history of West Africa this quarter. Videos, books, cookbooks,recipes . . .
https://www.feastafrique.com/
#foodandlit, @Texreader @Butterfinger
Today was gorgeous outside! Basked in the sun & talked with family on Zoom.
Hit my book goals easily and almost made my walking goal of 15 days. Up from last month, and at 14 that's half the days of February.
March: walking 16-20 days and two gym visits as I've now been vaccinated for Covid.
Book goals: minimum of 4, including finishing Indelicacy by Amina Cain. Keep reading A fistful of shells by Toby Green
#BCF21, @wanderinglynn