5/24/2023 0 Comments Woman on the window book![]() As she explains to fellow sufferers in her online support group, food and medication (not to mention cases of wine) can be delivered to your door your housecleaner can take out the trash. She speaks to her husband and daughter on the phone-they've moved out because "the doctors say too much contact isn't healthy"-and conducts her relationships with her neighbors wholly through the zoom lens of her Nikon D5500. ![]() Following a mysterious accident, Anna is suffering from agoraphobia so severe that she hasn't left her house in months. Anna Fox already knows their names, employment histories, how much they paid for their house, and anything else you can find out using a search engine. “The Miller home across the street-abandon hope, all ye who enter here-is one of five townhouses that I can survey from the south-facing windows of my own.” A new family is moving in on her Harlem street, and Dr. A lonely woman in New York spends her days guzzling merlot, popping pills, and spying on the neighbors-until something she sees sucks her into a vortex of terror. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Burnout unlocking the stress cycle![]() ![]() ![]() The irony is that instead of soothing stress and burnout, alcohol makes it all worse. If you’re reading this you know that so many women drink as a way to cope with overwhelm, stress or just not having enough time and energy to do things that relax us and bring us joy. They note, “Nobody likes to think of their kids’ middle school teacher as burned out, embittered, and day-drinking, but she’s not alone.”Īnd Julie is not alone. Burnout: The Secret To Unlocking The Stress Cycle with Amelia Nagoskiīurnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski is a book for every woman who has felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything she has to do, and yet is still worried that she’s not doing enough (which basically describes every woman I know).Īs an ex-red wine girl, the first story of a woman experiencing burnout felt all too familiar.Īmelia and Emily describe Julie, a middle school teacher whose “burnout had reached an intensity where merely the anticipation of the start of the first semester had activated a level of dread that left her reaching for the box of Chardonnay by 2pm”. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Bad Vampires by Karl Larew![]() ![]() ![]() They replaced their pitchforks with spoons last night, to lap that shit right up… If we carry on like this, don’t be shocked when we lose the next election. “And it’s not just Hollywood here, the general public online participated and were entirely complicit in the erasure of the truth last night. Because of slippery tactics and double standards like this,” she added. It’s about showing why people don’t trust liberals. It’s about showing how selective cancel culture is within liberal politics, in the most blatant way so far. The Good Place star took to her caption to explain why she was sharing her take on social media and why it was important to reflect on this, especially with a presidential election coming up. Nobody has perfect morals, least of all me, but Jesus Christ we had a year to course correct here, and not award the highest honor possible to a known bigot.” Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Jamil continued, “Suddenly your appetite to find someone’s tweets from when they were 12, has gone. Buy Bad Vampires by Larew, Karl online on Amazon.ae at best prices. Met Gala 2023 Photos: Best Of The Red Carpet & Inside ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Ben hur book first edition![]() This is what the best of Hollywood and blu ray is all about, is to see how the film really looked like when it was first showed in the theaters back in it's time. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed, Paperback, 441 pages. ![]() ![]() This is a must have for classic movie fans who have Blu ray! Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Paperback) Published September 2nd 2022 by Wilder Publications. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Annie john full book![]() ![]() In the initial chapters of the novel, he is a part of Annie’s prelapsarian paradise. There are moments of tenderness and sympathy that little Annie experiences with her father. In fact, when filtered through young Annie’s consciousness, he comes across as a caring father, who built their house, the furniture within, and also the spoon with which she eats. Although he exists on the fringes of the familial set up, he is not devoid of love and affection for his family. Alexander John is portrayed as a city and a rather harmless man. On the other hand, Drown is marked by the almost complete absence of fathers in the lives of their protagonists.Īnnie’s father, Mr. In Kincaid’s work, we happen to see a father figure, even though he always exists on the periphery. Kincaid’s Annie John is a bildungsroman built around a woman protagonist whereas Díaz’s Drown is a collection of ten short stories focusing on the survival of young adolescent male protagonists. One can make an interesting discovery while analyzing Kincaid’s Annie John and Díaz’s Drown against the historical backdrop of colonization and the Civil Rights Movement – the marginalized role of the father figure. ![]() Such themes are remarkably played out in the works of the two most popular post-colonial writers, Jamaica Kincaid and Junot Díaz. ![]() Caribbean writers see alienation as a universal human condition and perceive it through varying levels of consciousness. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman![]() As a royal family collapses and a marriage ends in all but name, the clash between these two strong-willed and passionate souls will have far-reaching and devastating consequences throughout Christendom. Henry II’s three eldest sons conspire against him and align themselves with his greatest enemy, King Louis of France, but it’s Eleanor of Aquitaine’s involvement in the plot to overthrow her husband that proves to be the harshest betrayal. The earliest chapters portray Richard as a sensitive child who idolizes his hedonistic oldest brother Edward and is mentored by his second oldest, the wise-beyond-his-years Edmund. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A breathtaking and sweeping epic of a family at its breaking point, Devil’s Brood shows how Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine-two monumental figures once bound by all-consuming love-became the bitterest of adversaries.A.D. Sharon Kay Penman has created a novel of tremendous power, as two strong-willed, passionate people clash, a family divides, and a marriage ends in all but name. The story begins in 1459 with Richard as a young boy, and ends in 1485 with his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Flutterby by Robin James![]() ![]() You should be the Guardian Sentry of Fall. A wise old Monarch butterfly listened to her story. Still we seek answers: Who am I and what am I supposed to do? When Flutterby found no answers, she wept. Then we are thrust out into the world, like Flutterby, wondering…We try to find our fit, or to fit in. But each time, the ants, bees and butterflies assured her she was not one of them.Sound familiar? Who am I? What am I supposed to do?We get an education to prepare to be and do what we are meant to be and do. It is the story of Flutterby discovering who she was and what she was supposed to do.Flying as high as she could fly, and looking as far as she could look, Flutterby thought perhaps she was an ant, then a honeybee, then a butterfly. ![]() For, you see, Flutterby was not a common bug or butterfly, but rather a smallest of small, winged, white flying horse.I can’t tell you how many times I read Flutterby, my favorite children’s story by Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James, to my children. As her silver-blue cocoon shimmered in the starlight, she unfurled her wings and whinnied at the crystal night. ![]() In a burst of laughter and moonshine one fine and beautiful evening, Flutterby was born. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The dead by james joyce![]() A new Emmy rule in 2015 forced the series to change categories from comedy to drama. For its first season, the series garnered 12 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, winning three. It was widely acclaimed throughout its run and received many accolades. Īs of 2016, Orange Is the New Black was Netflix's most-watched as well as its longest-running original series. ![]() Its seventh and final season was released on July 26, 2019. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum security federal prison. ![]() Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. ![]() Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 with Descriptive Video Service track ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The humans haig![]() ![]() He encounters Martin's wife and son, as well as his colleagues and students, and begins to see the beauty in human relationships and emotions. The Visitor's mission is to eliminate any trace of this discovery and prevent it from reaching the rest of the universe.Īs The Visitor tries to carry out his mission, he struggles to understand the strange and often irrational behavior of humans. The book begins with the alien, known only as "The Visitor," taking over the body and life of Professor Andrew Martin, who has made a breakthrough in mathematics that could change the course of human history. Through his journey, the alien learns about humanity and its complexities, eventually leading him to question his own beliefs and values. The story follows an alien who takes on the identity of a mathematics professor in order to carry out a mission on Earth. ![]() "The Humans" is a novel written by British author Matt Haig. ![]() But make sure its one with something to look at out of the window.īe kind to your mother. Feel your way, and don’t stop feeling your way until something fits. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Listening woman hillerman![]() Of course, prayers and observances that are sung by individuals on a daily basis might last only a few seconds and involve merely the ability to observe, appreciate, and maybe sprinkle a few grains of corn pollen. Sings can last anywhere from one to nine days and can include chants, songs, prayers, lectures, dances, sweat baths, the use of prayer sticks, and the creation of sand paintings. ![]() ![]() These formal sings are so nuanced and complex that a Navajo singer, also known as a hataałii, learns only one or two sings over many years of apprenticeship. There are nearly 100 Navajo healing sings of varying range and intricacy, each originating from the Navajo Creation Story. ![]() A sing is another way of referring to something as formal as a Navajo healing ceremony, as well as something as intimate as an individual prayer, because the use of songs or chants is a central element of Navajo spirituality. ![]() |
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