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Eating
One of our favorite dishes to eat in the Summer is this recipe by Giada that has burrata, nectarines and corn. I confess though, I never had made it with burrata! We never had it on hand. It is delicious without it!
Watching
The Spanish Princess on STARZ. For period drama fans!
GLOW- on Netflix. It’s about a show within a show – a bunch of actresses who play female wrestlers. Set in the 80s.
Stranger Things – Netflix. It’s a Sci-Fi show set in the 80s. Really good but if you don’t like sci fi or anything remotely scary, this is not for you.
HANNA – on Amazon Prime. It is about a young girl who from birth was trained to be the ultimate fighter and assassin.
Gentleman Jack – HBO. Set in 1832 West Yorkshire, England, Gentleman Jack is inspired by the true-story and coded journals of Anne Lister, and follows her attempt to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. She is a Lesbian and stood up for women’s rights. The banter is so witty I love it!
Bought
This is where I normally put down what clothes I bought… but this time I BOUGHT A PIANO!! It is a digital piano, which is much smaller, lighter weight, and cheaper (plus I can put on headphones if I want to practice and not annoy my husband). I have not played the piano in 15 years.
Relearning the piano is not quite like riding a bike. It is more like this: remember in high school you took a foreign language (I took German)… but then you didn’t speak that language for 5… 10…15… 20… 30… years? Now try to speak it again! But let’s say you go visit a country that speaks that language (Germany for me), and suddenly several days later you surprise yourself at what you can remember? THAT is what it is like picking up piano again!
Reading
Listen. I have read A LOT of books. I’m almost a little embarrassed to tell you how many I’ve read this year. itmightbeover200maybecloserto250butwhoscounting. How do I read so many? Well, one, I speed read. Two, if parts of the book are boring, I literally skip it. Sometimes when I read a book really fast because I am just dying to know what happens, I will go back sometime later and reread it and take my time.
Here are a few of my recent favorites. I’m not going to summarize them because if you just click the link they totally summarize it way better than I can on Amazon’s description. ALSO I love fantasy books (and also some romance books too)
I’m ONLY sharing the books that gave me book hangovers… you know, when the book ends, you feel lost… like, what am I going to read next? Or you don’t want to leave the world the book created?
Where the Crawdad’s Sing – historical fiction. REALLY good.
The Silvan – If you love JRR Tolkien, this book is for you! A wonderful fantasy world.
Darkfever – a fantasy series with some romance. If you like vampires/fae, then you will probably like this one.
The Name of the Wind – I am currently listening to this book on audible as an audiobook to and from my work commutes. It is another fantasy series.
Wearing
APL Bliss sneakers – I lounge around in these. AS for the fit, I probably should have ordered half a size up. They are a wee bit snug but it’s fine for lounging. Not for working out.
