Author: tabeakatharina
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Christmas and Grief
Thinking of Christmas filled me with anxiety this year. How can I celebrate Christmas when I miss Marchie every day? Then I remembered that one of the things I loved so much about this little cat was her big zest for life. Her joy. So I decided I’d take this lesson she taught me, and…
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My Spotify Wrapped!
’tis the time … when everyone and their mother posts about their Spotify Wrapped on social media. Obviously I have to jump on the bandwagon! My Top Songs and Artists 2023 Ruby Ibarra has been my at the top of my song list with “US” and “Taking Names” for years. She and Rocky Rivera are…
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November Books 2023
This month I read some really weird shit. Well, I guess it was only this one book really, but it contained enough weird shit for several lifetimes. But hey, I’m really close to my goal of reading 52 books in 2023!
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Pumpkin Pie
I haven’t been in the right headspace to celebrate or even acknowledge fall this year, but this week I decided to something nice for myself and bake a pumpkin pie. To be honest, it’s only in the past few years that I discovered how delicious pumpkin was in both sweet and savoury meals! We never…
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Goodbye, Babygirl
You were the best kitty girl, Marchesa. You were the ray of sunshine on the darkest days. You were a fighter, neither Oscar’s grumpiness nor your sickness could stop you from taking on the day. Every insect and bird that made the mistake to cross the borders of your kingdom regretted it for the nanosecond…
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Striped Sweater: The problem with Knitting Stripes
Starterities is my downfall. Now that my enthusiasm about a new project (and stripes!) has died down, knitting progress has slowed down as well. Not even the stripes get me that excited anymore …
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October Books 2023
I’m back from my unplanned break from this blog! I don’t believe in toxic positivity so I’ll just say that I’m in the middle of a bad depressive phase. I’m not okay, but I will be again some day. That said, I read a couple of very interesting books in the meantime, so without further…
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September Books 2023
While I mostly liked the books I read this months, I’ve been feeling somewhat discontent with my reading journey this year. I’ve been read mostly books that were given to me by other people or that I randomly found in public bookshelves. A couple of days ago, I stood in front of the fantasy books…