It’s July – which means it’s time to review May and June (ICYMI: Jan+Feb and Mar+Apr). Let’s do this! May was a stable-then-wobbly month. I returned to my dayjob on a phased return, and even into July I’m still on reduced …
Essence of Green :: April 2024
It’s May – which means it’s time to review March and April (ICYMI: Jan+Feb). We’ve got this. May is a clear Spring-Summer type of month for me, and I have been so ready for it. I expected things to be …
2023 Book Reviews
If you’re familiar with me, you’ll know I try to write book reviews every year, of every book I finish reading. In 2009, I began to track my reading. It made sense once I began tracking the books I read, …
How 2023 Shaped The Essence of 2024
2023, I bid you farewell. This was a year of massive change. I began 2023 living in a friend’s spare room as her lodger, and ended it in my own flat with 2 pet house rabbits. Writing was almost non-existent, …
Welcoming In The Essence of 2023
It’s 2023. I always reach this point and want to laugh at how I thought I was on my way “up” after a few hard years of falling down, but this year I can say I did at least climb …
Essence of Green:: January 2022
Welcome, 2022. January was both long and short. I’ve done less journaling, more novel-writing, more gaming and a lot more talking with friends. I grabbed a copy of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and am learning about all the Pokémon from Generation …