Category: thoughts

2016 Mid-Year Check In

6 July 2016 / thoughts / 0 Comments
2016 Mid-Year Check In

Here we are now in July, rolling down the hill of 2016. Time for the mid-year review! I find it difficult to think this is the first full year where I won’t engage in any formal education. The school year […]

Wrapping Up 2015, Looking Forward 2016

31 December 2015 / thoughts / 0 Comments
Wrapping Up 2015, Looking Forward 2016

Welcome to my sixth annual review of the year past and the year to come. I’ve now got one full year of book blogging under my belt, albeit a frequently disrupted year from moving and travelling. How did I fare […]

Dishes from Quick and Easy Thai

22 November 2015 / thoughts / 0 Comments
Dishes from Quick and Easy Thai

Back in May, I reviewed Nancie McDermott’s Quick and Easy Thai. Now that I’m back at home, I’ve made a few meals from this book using a new wok (how did I ever cook without one?!). Here are some snapshots […]

Response: Understanding Éowyn, Part Three

14 November 2015 / response, thoughts / 0 Comments
Response: Understanding Éowyn, Part Three

Part One (Éowyn’s grief) | Part Two (Éowyn as a war bride) In this series, I respond to articles about Éowyn in order to develop a more nuanced view of Éowyn, so I can better inform my opinion of her […]

Blogging Discussion: Mid-Year Check In

14 June 2015 / discussion, thoughts / 5 Comments
Blogging Discussion: Mid-Year Check In

How is it mid-June already?! I always find the first half of the year goes more quickly than the latter half, but this year has been on another level, filled with traveling and visitors and  a new school year that […]