The last month of the year! December has been super busy, but it's also been nice having something to look forward to. There's been death, and soon, there will be new life - so there has been a lot of perspective changes this month. There also appears to be a lot of napping, resting, and [...]
The last month of the calendar year. This post is a little later than planned, but felt I needed to reflect on the year as a whole first and look into the next year before fully appreciating this last month. So December has sure been a cold month, evidently from my daily gratitudes of warm [...]
I came across Gloria Steinem's famous speech about 10 things she wants for Christmas. It was brilliant. And it got me thinking: what do I want for Christmas - this year and every year. Truth be told I couldn't think of 10 things, I am no way near as brilliant as the inspirational Gloria Steinem, but I [...]
November means it's almost Christmas time. So much has been happening lately that I forgot to post last weekend - but better late than never. Reading back on my November gratitudes I realise that I have been watching a lot of comedy and, I suppose, using laughter as a medicine. Having little outlets and laughing [...]
I had been wanting to bake something Christmassy last year in an effort to embrace the Christmas spirit, considering the lack of festivities all around. When I eventually managed to get some plain flour, I was all but exhausted and couldn't bring myself to bake anything too difficult or fancy. Plus, there would just be [...]
I have found in this festive, yet potentially stressful and lonely, month that the same situations and scenarios appeared as last year. But this year I haven't been as stressed or as quick to anger or become annoyed. I'm not sure if this easier-going me has been down to this gratitude journal or general going-with-the [...]
So I had two left over eggs from a couple of English Breakfasts I made last week. What to do with leftover eggs? Bake! As it’s Christmas, I decided to go for something festive: Christmas Cookies. I doubled the recipe’s quantity because I had two eggs not one. I had to place the dough in [...]
Endless May Dreams 