Today I finished Finding my Elegy by LeGuin as well as Lagom, which I started yesterday. It was a laid back day lol, plus my library now does hoopla, which is GREAT! We live in a rural town and I get books from the library, but hoopla really widens the available selection! Lagom wasn’t my favorite. It was very much a ‘how-to’ book written from one woman’s perspective after living in Sweden for 13 years. I did enjoy Finding my Elegy. Some of my favorites are Coast Range Highway, November; Every Land; and Navna: The River-running, by Intrumo of Sinshan. That sums up the first 4 books of my year: W: Wintering O: The One L: Lagom F: Finding my Elegy so I’ll be starting on February’s Snow moon next!

So I had Lolita on my tbr list forever. Decided to give it a go. Put it down after a handful of chapters thinking I can’t read this. So another abandoned book this week 😅. Idk why I even had it on my tbr list with the subject matter - so yeah. Started Lagom by Niki Brantmark today instead. Much more my speed, though more ‘how-to’ than I’m used to in this sort of book.

So I started CS Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet last week but it was feeling like a chore so I abandoned it. Last night I couldn’t sleep so I started - and finished lol - The One by John Marrs.

Adding both of these to my tbr list! What is this? I’m intrigued!

Our vet would try to figure out if it was related to anything - did she eat anything new? New meds? New exposure to a possible toxin? if the seizure is a one time thing, that’s the end of it. to manage a second seizure (which hopefully won’t happen!) - if it happens, seclude your pup somewhere quiet to relax afterward by herself or with an adult only. If you happen to have a way to keep an eye - a video monitor of some sort - that would be a great way to make sure all parties are properly supervised. after a second seizure, it’s more likely that the vet will consider prescribing a simple anti-seizure med like keppra.

A couple years ago I was like ‘why am I forcing myself to slog through books I’m not enjoying?’ and decided that I have more than enough books on my tbr list - why waste time on books I’m not liking?!

OMG how cute! I esp love the bunnies! ❤️

My kit came in! I’m excited! the goal is to finish it by the end of January.

My favorites were #4 and #5. I have no real opinion on the shoes lol - I'm one of those people who lives barefoot or in flip flops pretty much all year. I own a couple pairs of boots but never really bother to put them on. 😅

I finished Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May this morning. I wasn't expecting it to be a sort of memoir, but I was here for it. I gave it 4 stars. I really enjoyed the way May writes - some favorite lines from the book: ...and that's just a few I loved lol. I really love "Life meanders like a path through the woods." In the same way, May kind of meanders through the book with her thoughts and the happenings around her. I hate the cold but she made me crave it lol - it was a very cozy book to read, just right for the beginning of January under a warm blanket, which is where I was this morning! I've also always been tempted to try swimming in the cold - the polar bear plunge type thing, or like they do in some countries where they are in the sauna and then the water and then the sauna again. I've never found a way to do it - Ok, truthfully, it's never been particularly important to me - but this book made me curious about it again. Hmm... I also started LeGuin's Finding My Elegy, which is my poetry for the month. So far so good!

Got to the library yesterday and picked up my reads for this month! I started Wintering: The Power of Rest and retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May last night. It seems like I'll get through it relatively quickly.

I'm not much help, but I would look at eShakti for something to wear. I also like the dresses they have at Baltic Born, though I've never gotten one; it's probably the first place I'll look when one of mine gets married lol!

This is the last book I finished last year! A friend sent it to me.

Ours is hooked up to the cold only, so washing the dishes doesn’t use much, if any, filtered water.

Also not an authority on the subject, but what are they doing just prior to feeding time? Resting or playing or exercising? just wondering if they are more tired out (like from exercise) if that would calm them a bit automatically. 🤷‍♀️