Why Does Fandom Forget Ron Weasley?
These are the kinds of questions flitting about in my… Read More »Why Does Fandom Forget Ron Weasley?
Thoughts
The Book was Better – My Thoughts on Adaptations
I recently reread the Harry Potter series, and watched the… Read More »The Book was Better – My Thoughts on Adaptations
Book Review – Furyborn
Furyborn by Claire Legrand was one of those random books… Read More »Book Review – Furyborn
Quick Review – Posca Paint Pens
I haven’t been using these pens for that long, but… Read More »Quick Review – Posca Paint Pens
My Thoughts – Carmen Sandiego
Folks, I grew up chasing Carmen Sandiego and Co. across… Read More »My Thoughts – Carmen Sandiego
Review – Shadow & Bone Trilogy
I’d never heard of Tsarpunk before a friend recommended this… Read More »Review – Shadow & Bone Trilogy
Book Review – Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
I picked up this book in hardcover for $7–what a… Read More »Book Review – Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
My Thoughts – A Court of Thorns & Roses Trilogy
It’s been a long while since I devoured books like… Read More »My Thoughts – A Court of Thorns & Roses Trilogy
Review – Winsor & Newton Cotman Pocket Watercolour Set
Who could think that twelve half-pans of paint could be… Read More »Review – Winsor & Newton Cotman Pocket Watercolour Set
Book Review – The Strange
Now, by this time you know how I feel about… Read More »Book Review – The Strange
My Thoughts – Longmire
One night, my husband reaches for the remote. He browses… Read More »My Thoughts – Longmire
Ice Ice Baby
It’s official, we’ve experienced another first on our journey. Last… Read More »Ice Ice Baby
My Thoughts – Violet Evergarden
Friends, I finished this series in a week. I can’t… Read More »My Thoughts – Violet Evergarden
Social Sabbatical Results
It’s been just over two months since I announced on… Read More »Social Sabbatical Results
My Thoughts – The Office
I mentioned in another post that I was rewatching The… Read More »My Thoughts – The Office
The Five-Month Update
This Wednesday edition of Maple Mondays is brought to you by… Read More »The Five-Month Update
One of Those Days
Some days, I have zero direction. As you probably guessed… Read More »One of Those Days
Before you Share…
It’s a normal Tuesday and you’re scrolling Facebook. Everything has been going great today and you feel chipper. You’re happy for your cousin who’s pregnant again, you like the pic of that high school friend’s new puppy and you laugh at the ridiculous Star Wars meme.
The following post though, it ruins your day.
Uninspired
Some days, it’s difficult to get inspired. I’m having one of those days. I talked about this problem on Friday too, so you’ll know about my predicament if you’ve been around the blog.
The recap version? Today, I have no idea what to blog about and I don’t have the drive to put in any real effort. #yayhonesty This is me winging it.
A quick Google search on ‘how to find inspiration’ offers some basic results. Take a walk, read a book, listen to music. You get the general idea.
How’s the Writing Going?
Everything is quiet again. Back to normal. It’s been a month since our visitors left (I can’t even) and, with the vacation posts out of the way, I can’t ignore the elephant in the room anymore. Too many people have been asking.
The Travel Tip Round-Up
Since the last bunch of posts were all travel-related (you missed it? Start here), I figured I’d share some of the tips we’ve learned in our travels. I realise the internet is chock-full of travel tips, but this is a roundup of the things that work for us.
On Excess
We entered 2017 to a chorus of whistles, glittery explosions, pops and sizzles. Fireworks. Hours and hours worth of fireworks.
Just to keep you in the know – in South Africa, fireworks are pretty much illegal. The minority of people still shoot these pretties to celebrate the new year, but on the whole, it’s a big no-no where I come from. For the greater part of my life, I only saw fireworks on special occasions, and then never on a large scale.
You can imagine how weird it was when we came to Germany. Here, tradition dictates that you shoot away all the bad things from the last year, so that you start the new year with a clean slate. The fireworks start when the first early watch says it’s midnight and pretty much continues well into the next morning – this year, it was about 6 o’clock on January 1st.