So ‘Convenience Store Woman’… No no, I’m not talking about myself, I’m talking about the book by Sayaka Murata (although it is relatable considering I am in fact a ‘convenience store woman’). The book has has glowing reviews from Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, The Guardian… Even bloody Vogue referred to it as, “intoxicating as … More Convenience Store Woman: a Review
Ridiculous quarantine activities with me, Amber Middleton! Here I aim to drink 14 pints of tea … More Can I drink 14 pints of tea?
I gave up fast fashion for a year, and am SO happy I did! … More My Year Away from Fast Fashion
Here’s how I upgraded my home, from Crackden to Crackden with a nice duvet set… … More From Crackden to Den of Dreams
I’ve been working at a shop during the covid19 madness… here’s how that has been going… … More Grocery Store Gal
Happy new year! …I started writing this post in January. So over the past couple of months, I have been off travelling… I was not doing dry January, I wasn’t wrapped up in blankets wishing for summer, and I wasn’t moping around saying that ‘January is too bloody long!’ …Of course I am experiencing delayed … More Land Down Under pt. 1
So things aren’t great at the moment, let’s be honest. We’re all in a weird state of social distancing, isolation from the world, and it’s just really really weird. I am also jobless and broke, after spending all my money travelling and not slipping into a job easily when I got back (as I expected to). Yeahhhhh … More March: Quarantine Resolutions
Here’s my New Years Resolutions and what I’ve been up to since the day I should have posted them (nearly 2 months ago) … More 2020
On a personal level, I would define writer’s block as feelings of frustration when you want to write but nothing is quite coming to you: you’re just not quite sure how to continue with your blog post, or chapter of a book… or how to tie up a plot lines. It can happen when you’re … More Writer’s Block
I am constantly seeing comments about ‘losing my faith in humanity’ when someone makes a dumb comment on Facebook, for instance, or a kid says they want to be Kim K when they grow up (a perfectly acceptable goal in 2019 TBH…) But I have always tried to be an optimistic light in the negative … More Restoring my own ‘Faith in Humanity’
