This is another timely book that, oddly enough, helped me to further develop the ideas sparked by Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism. In The Year of Less, Cait Flanders embarks on an ambitious project: Not to buy anything outside what is approved. This doesn’t just impact her savings, it helped her to identify triggers for her… Read More The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
The first week of my smartphone detox is over and it’s been interesting. I don’t know if there’s a term for this – smartphone tic? – but I’ve picked up and put down my phone so many times. Thankfully, I’m starting to stop myself, but the habit of looking at my phone whenever I feel… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Addiction: Week One
I had a moment of panic when I googled York and found out that despite my self-proclaimed sweet tooth, I didn’t even know that York had the title of “chocolate city”. I didn’t even know that there was an attraction named York’s Chocolate Story. But once I heard of this attraction, I knew that we… Read More My Visit to York’s Chocolate Story
I’ve had this on my TBR list for quite some time, and like so many books recently, borrowed it because of it’s a novel set in Medieval England and I’m trying to prolong the post-vacation high as long as I can. But to my surprise, I was hooked the minute I started reading Shadow on… Read More Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell
My stomach periodically gets a little antsy (long-running gastric thing) so my house is always filled with ginger tea. But, I am always open to trying new things so when I needed something soothing and found The Digester, I decided to give it a shot. Tea Review: The Digester From the description on Bird &… Read More Trying The Digester + My Visit to Bird & Blend Tea Co. in Manchester
I found this while searching for How Not to Fall Apart in Overdrive and the book sounded pretty intriguing so I picked it up. I’m not quite sure how to classify it – it’s not self-help and I’m not sure if it’s memoir because at least half the book consists of her interviews with others… Read More The Art of Not Falling Apart by Christina Patterson
Tea at Cher’s is always interesting because she’s a woman of great tea resources and has all the interesting teas. So after our tea blending experiment, we continued to just drink from her collection of tea. One of the teas that she brought out was this gorgeous Yunnan Purple Bud (云南古树紫芽苞). Look at how gorgeous… Read More Trying Yunnan Purple Buds (云南古树紫芽苞)
There’s a Wonderland exhibition going on right now, so obviously I’ve got to read something Alice-related while waiting for my friend to finish Alice in Wonderland so we can visit. Ever Alice sounded like it was right up my alley, so I was really excited to read it. As you can expect, Alice’s tales of… Read More Ever Alice by H.J. Ramsay
I talked about this in my review of How Not to Fall Apart, but my mental health hasn’t been too good lately. The glass wall that isolates me from the rest of the world has been appearing a bit more frequently and I’ve been wanting to cry and generally feeling like the whole world hates… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Addiction: The Start
I totally missed this the first time I visited London, but when my dad told me that he wanted to visit the Greenwich Royal Observatory and see the prime meridian, I started to look at what else was in the area. That’s when I found out about the Cutty Sark. It’s the last surviving tea… Read More Visiting the Cutty Sark
