Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo Book Review
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Book Review I read Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other after she had already jointly won the Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood for The Testaments. I’d been intrigued to know what text would merit being considered equal to The Testaments as I had expected Atwood to be the lone winner […]
You Know You’re Middle-Aged When …
How you Know you’re Middle-Aged! A Steady Middle-Age I haven’t had much to blog about lately as October has been a fairly steady month. and I’ve felt pretty ordinary and dare I say, middle-aged. I’ve corrected myself when using middle-aged derogatively but … life has been pleasant but uneventful. I’ve been back in the UK […]
Jane Austen and Empty Nesters
Sleep Deprived Empty Nesters I’m lying here in bed at 3.35 a.m. listening to the rain outside wondering whether Annie got home ok from her night out yesterday. I’m not too worried as I know she was travelling with her friend Alfie, but I question whether it is raining over in Spain too and if […]
Letting Go of Empty Nesting Anxiety
Coping with Empty Nesting Anxiety I posted last week about viewing the whole experience of being an Empty Nester in a positive light using Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for my examples.. I joked about trying to not over parent and leave the munchkins to spread their wings in peace. Like many things it is much easier to say […]
The Signficance of Insignificant Moments
How Ordinary Moments Matter Gratitude and Ordinary moments I’ve blogged before about how completing my ‘grateful list’ each day, even when I don’t feel like doing it, is important to me. I really do think that actively and consciously expressing gratitude creates positive emotions and increases personal well-being. I suppose it’s a kind of ‘you […]
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
Book Review of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments The Testaments – Worth the Wait? I blogged earlier in the week about reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in preparation of reviewing Atwood’s The Testaments. I wanted to thoroughly prepare for the new release and make sure that I could remember who was who, why they mattered and so on.. Was it […]