Somewhere Over The Rainbow

A relaxed Sunday

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:32:34 GMT

Which was nice because next Sunday won't be.

Did most of the usual Sunday stuff- laundry, church, grocery shopping for the week. Came home and barbecued pork steaks for dinner (I'll have one for dinner tomorrow as well). Then went to the bookstore to look at books and grab a card for mom (since I forgot to get one at the grocery store when I was there). I saw a Sapphic romance about high school football coaches, but that seemed very close to the one I just read, so I went on another track and grabbed a sci-fi book with some Sapphic elements to it. Not sure when I'll get to start it but it might be a while from now since I'm committing to read "Parable of the Sower" with a group from church. I got about a third of the way through it before, but had to stop because the future that Butler saw was incredibly close to our current reality.

Watched two more episodes of "Discovery" and I'm liking it more and more as time goes on.

That's it for now. See you all tomorrow!

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Another day closer to the weekend

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:07:21 GMT

It's practically Friday. I'm glad. It's going to take me a bit to get into a rhythm. It's April 2 and I'm already tired of people calling me about their air conditioners. *sigh*

Mom and I have been watching "The Count of Monte Cristo" miniseries on PBS. It's been quite enjoyable so far. I loved the book. It's been a long time since I've read it- I think I gave my copy to my nephew at one point when he was needing something on the lighter side. I'll have to ask him if he still has it.

My sister called to tell me that there was a playoff pre-sale happening. The Blues have an extremely slim chance of making it, but looking at the price (it would be a little over $300 for the whole series), it was a no-brainer to take a pass on them this year. Since we're going to see the Draft, I'm perfectly fine with them tanking and missing the playoffs by a mile.

That's all I've got for now. See you tomorrow.

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Tuesday musings

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:15:39 GMT

Briefly thought about going to an event with church folks but I was pretty zapped when I got home so I gave it a pass. Instead I stayed in and finished reading "Play You For It" by Samantha Saldivar, a Sapphic romance set in the world of college basketball between a coach and a reporter. I really enjoyed it and thought it was well-paced. Haven't decided what's next.

I also watched a movie that I'd never seen even though it has been out for a long time, "Crazy Stupid Love". It was okay. Very much a "guys" film.

I hope that the change of the month will mark a fresh start. I'm feeling worn out and uninspired lately.

That's all for now. See you all tomorrow.

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Times Have Changed

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:38:22 GMT

Happy International Women's Day to all who celebrate. I was thinking about my journey of feminism and how even not so long ago (within the last 10 years), I was still reluctant to call myself a feminist. And in the early 2000s, I would swear up and down that I would never vote for a woman to be President of the United States. (I hadn't had the Donald Trump experience at that point, so it was easy for me to believe that.) But the older I've gotten, the more progressive I've become and the less apt I am to see things the way I saw them previously. Feminism is no longer a label I shun. It's one I embrace. And the more I hear from men and men's opinions, the more I want to see what women could do if they ran the world. That's not to say there aren't women who are assholes and racists and homophobes and predators, but if we're looking for a gentler world, I'm not sure men in charge is the answer.

We had an absolutely beautiful day today. I went to the bookstore and picked up two books- "Play You For It" by Samantha Saldiver, a Sapphic basketball romance between a coach and a journalist, and "Vampires of El Norte" by Isabel Canas, which was recommended during the Snowflake Challenge a couple of years ago (because woman cannot live on Sapphic romance novels alone). And then I sat outside for a half an hour and read the first chapters of both books. It was lovely.

That's all I've got for now. See you tomorrow!

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Howdy

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 03:47:53 GMT

Women's Olympic hockey starts tomorrow and I'm excited. Of course, the first game is a little after 5 in the morning, but I'm hoping to catch bits and pieces of the games throughout the day tomorrow. There's always the replay, if I can't. I'm rooting for Czech Republic and Japan, but it'll probably be Canada and the US in the final again (non-spoiler alert).

I'm reading a new book. It's called "Kiss Her Once for Me." It's a Christmas-themed queer romance with a fake dating trope. There's a lot of humor throughout it and the writing style is such that it reads very quickly. It's keeping me up later than I'd like in the evenings, so that's a testament to the writer, but my sleep debt is starting to catch up with me fairly quickly.

Caught the revamped "The Muppet Show" tonight. It's much the same, but this really feels geared more toward adults than it ever did- either that or I missed a heck of a lot as a kid watching it.

That's all I've got for now. See you tomorrow.
C-

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Update

Tue, 20 May 2025 02:05:03 GMT

A category-3 tornado ripped through my city last Friday. Fortunately, our apartment wasn't in the path of it. I went out to the north side of the city yesterday to drop off some donations and the devastation was incredible. I got lost on the way to the donation site and was driving around a park in the area and it was just tree after tree that had been uprooted in the storm. The other amazing thing was all of the people who came out to help- there were people on street corners handing out meals and water and the line of cars heading to drop off items at the donation site was quite long. There were already roofers up at the community center making repairs. It was great to see so many people working to make things a little easier. They were asking for donations of tarps today as it is raining here tonight with the possibility of another tornado as well.

In all my years in the Midwest, I have been around my share of tornado warnings, but I can't remember a storm like this in my lifetime. It was a beautiful day until around 2pm, then it started to get dark and grey and the wind picked up. It blew the power out at my office and the wind would rattle the doors and windows. The building the office is in is like a storefront and the front wall is mostly big windows, so not ideal to be sitting there when the wind picks up like that. There were no sirens, the cell phone warning never went off, and even the radio didn't have a tornado alert. That's how fast it happened, and it was over just as quickly.

Everything else is going okay. I haven't written much of anything. I've been reading a lot. I'm now working on "The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley. It's not too bad. I'm a little miffed that there only seems to be one team worth cheering for left in the NHL playoffs. My favorite team, the Ottawa Charge, has made the PWHL finals and I'm thrilled about that. It'll be nice to watch that for the next week.

That's all I've got for now. Hope you all are doing well.

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Read a great book about a female character?

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:54:51 GMT

Have a series by a female author you want people to know about? Just looking for some recs for something good to read? Well, then, today's "Books" theme at halfamoon is for you. Stop on by and let us know your recs or check out those coming in from other contributors.

And if you don't have time to do it today, you can still post for the theme at any point before the 14th.

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