i’ve been meaning to write a post about how the pandemic has turned me into someone who does yoga. YEP. you read that right!! I, EMILY ABBOTT, have been doing yoga, since MARCH! and, in this case, my procrastination has worked in my favour because this month i was interviewed and featured on The Mindful Life Practice Community website! SO, if you are interested in reading about my yoga journey, please head on over to my interview on the the… Read more »
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the time i made mint-chocolate cheesecake.
so, if you know me, you know that i am not a big fan of cooking or baking. actually, that isn’t totally true, but i dislike the monotony of some baking and cooking tasks. like i’m NOT about to scoop cookies one-by-one or something tedious like that. but there are some things that i make that i feel i do a pretty good job of. i learned from my dad to measure by feel and that recipes were more of… Read more »
lessons i learned from my dad.
i guess the title speaks for itself, but when my dad passed away it got me thinking about all of the things i wanted to remember. all of the things i am thankful for. all of the things that i can keep with me. and here’s what i came up with: always hold the door open. it’s a small thing but it means a lot. my dad always said that older people would notice this gesture. and i think… Read more »
the unplanned blog post.
the past 8 months have been…a lot of things. difficult, exhausting, emotional, long, short…all of the things. on august 8, we learned that my dad had lung cancer. a day or two later, we learned that it had metastasized into his liver. on august 13, i left to go back to kuwait even though i wasn’t sure that it was the right decision…but dad insisted that i go. on september 2, we were told that his cancer was terminal… Read more »
em kat reads. june 2019.
only a couple weeks behind with this post. truthfully, i haven’t been getting as much reading done as i thought i would this summer, but i’m doing okay. i guess i have been busier than anticipated, and that’s okay too! so here is what the bookshelf brought for june: how to behave in a crowd by camille bordas the good: in some ways the protagonist reminded me of other characters that i have read about before like eleanor oliphant. i… Read more »
a podcast person.
i must admit that i haven’t always been a big podcast person. and i was definitely late to the game. HOWEVER, last summer i got hooked on a couple and that has led to a couple more…and this summer…I’M HOOKED. my podcast tastes change, and i go through phases i guess you could say. i love listening while i’m walking to the gym or working out, and i also tend to listen when i’m getting ready in the mornings. annnnyway….all… Read more »
em kat reads. march & april & may 2019.
first of all, we are going to go ahead and ignore the fact that i’ve been MIA for months and just jump back into things! secondly, i’m going to jam a few months of books into this post, BUT the good (or bad) news is that i haven’t read much so it shouldn’t take that long. this winter/spring i took the last of my librarianship courses and so i guess i was just distracted by that and didn’t have a… Read more »
em kat reads. jan & feb 2019.
when i’m on holidays i have such good intentions. it seems like it will be soooo easy to work blogging into my schedule and like i will keep up with it no problemo. and then work. and life. and i’m terrible at blogging. AGAIN. so here i am, posting my first book post of 2019 and i’m already behind schedule! HA! anyway, here is what i was reading in jan and feb: the incendiaries by r.o. kwon i must admit… Read more »
GEMS of london.
well. officially home from london and settled (except sleep – why does sleep hate me?!) anyway it was an AMAZING trip all around. i knew i loved london from my previous visit (8 YEARS AGO!!) but there is something about london at christmas time. so, how to sum up our 12 day vacation? here are some GEMS of london (photo diary edition – be sure to click the arrows to see more pics!): this definitely wasn’t a GEM but… Read more »
2019 reading challenge.
i think i mentioned that i plan to read 52 books again this year. BUT, in order to step up my game a bit, i’ve decided to create a ‘bucket list for books’. so among the 52 books i will read this year, i will try to check off the things on this list to sort of broaden my reading horizons. i spent some time browsing and compiling and brainstorming and i came up with the following list: if… Read more »
