I was talking to my dad on Friday (I call him every day to check in) and he prompted me to start keeping a journal about what’s happening right now. I don’t plan to have children myself, but I do have a young niece and nephew (ages 7 and 2 respectively). Some day they’re going … Continue reading Keeping a Quarantine Journal
As is the case for many of you, I have spent the past week preparing for the pandemic. I have bought more groceries in the past week than I have in the past six months (I’m not much of a cook). I didn’t go nuts buying toilet paper of cleaning supplies, but I have a … Continue reading The Calm Before The Storm
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James I got this book as my Book of the Month Club selection back in January. I hadn’t heard of it before but once I started it, I couldn’t put it down. It was absolutely riveting and I read it in a span of about two days. — … Continue reading Book Review: The Sun Down Motel
I was about five years old when it began. An older friend lived three houses down on the same street. We would be playing, and then I would start begging her. Eventually, I would wear her down, even though we both knew how it would end. She would pull down her collection of Scholastic “Haunted” … Continue reading Beyond the Veil: My Feelings on Ghosts
Below is a list of books I recommend to take your mind off what’s going on in the world. I have separated them by genre and included a short blurb. For all of these, they are (as far as my memory serves) contagion, plague, and apocalypse-free. Romance A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah … Continue reading Books to Read During the Pandemic
I was up into the wee hours of the morning reading. Not because the book was that excellent (though it was good). I needed to keep myself from looking at my phone, from watching the news, from seeing anything else about the pandemic for one night. I’ve never been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder though … Continue reading COVID-19 and Logging Off
