Every time I fall in love with a great period film or series and realize there's no more episodes left I always think, "That's it. I've seen them all. Nothing will ever be what (Downton Abbey, Poldark, fill-in-your-favorite-here) was to me!" But I'm usually wrong and there's a new favorite waiting to be discovered. Lovers of binge-worthy historical dramas, hear ye, hear ye: I have a new … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 170 (Summer tomatoes, dances, and Anne)
Welcome to This Week’s Miscellany, the occasional round up of Carrots family updates, photo dumps, books I’m reading, links I loved, and big news. It's beginning to feel a lot like summer. The 90 degree weather has hit (which I actually don't mind at all--it's only the 100+ temps that get to me). And while I know we're about to be boiling for the next 4 months, it's been so beautiful since … [Read more...]
Coming Fall 2018…A BOOK!
That's me on the left. That's also me on the right. I've been sitting on some exciting news about becoming a legit published author that I've been dying to share with the world. I've also been clapping my hand to my mouth so I didn't blab it before knowing it was actually, truly going to happen. It hasn't happened yet, you fool. Said me to me. If you didn't grow up with the Kevin Sullivan … [Read more...]
Anne with an F: The New Avonlea’s Confused Feminism
This post contains spoilers. As I watched Netflix’s “Anne with an E”, my family had to tolerate my enraged shouts at my laptop and my bookish friends had to endure text message rants in real time: Every episode is worse than the last. WHY is this happening? They RUINED MATTHEW! I challenge anyone who likes this version to a duel! THAT’S THE LAST SCENE?! I was writing a … [Read more...]
Summer Reading Ideas (from Haley and Tsh)
If you're the podcast listening type (and you really should be because podcasts are fun), you might remember that in addition to the Fountains of Carrots podcast I co-host with Christy, I've been joining my friend Tsh Oxenreider once a month on The Simple Show to chat about books. Usually we just each share about one book we've read lately and loved. But this week, we shared summer reading … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 169 (Life, Links, and Fashion Spoiler)
I feel like I've been running around like a chicken with it's head cut off since the beginning of Lent. The late winter/early spring upper respiratory viruses were something else this year. Probably extra penance or something. And then my parents came to visit and then I've had some major writing projects going and along with the run of the mill homeschooling, co-op, blogging, podcasting, meal … [Read more...]
