Consumption 1

A few weeks ago, Scientist on the Roof had a post that I loved where she rounded up books and television shows and mood commentary into a single post. The Road Less Travelled also has a monthly “right now” post. I decided to jump aboard and create my own, which I’ll update on the last Sunday (or close to that) of each month.

Books Added to My TBR (e.g., books I just learned about that I’m excited to read… maybe)

• Seven Reasons To Murder Your Dinner Guests (KJ Whittle)
• Welcome to Murder Week (Karen Dukess)
• The Night Stairs (Erin Kelly)
• Murder on Line One (Jeremy Vine)
• Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife (Martin Edwards)
• Mean Moms (Emma Rosenblum)
• The Wasp Trap (Mark Edwards)

Notable Meals (new recipes, old favorites, and restaurant items we ate this month)

• Perfected my recreation of the artichoke parm.
• Falafel at Shouk.
• Walnut pesto sandwich with fresh mozzarella.

Television, Movies, and Music (watching and listening)

• The Traitors UK, Season 3. We saw our first episode of The Traitors while in the UK, and we came in mid-season and left before the end. It was finally added to Peacock, so we went back to the beginning and saw the whole thing.
• Augustin Hadelich playing Bach Sonata No 2 – Andante and Allegro.
• Severence, Season 2.

Added To My Ongoing Mix Tape

• Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
• Israelites (Desmond Dekker & The Aces)
• La valse à mille temps (Jacques Brel)
• Miss Freelove ’69 (Hoodoo Gurus)

Tabs I Left Open (things I Googled and left up on the screen)

• The Wikipedia page for Frusen Glädjé.
• A lot of pages about guinea pig health issues.
• The real life Lumon building. (Was debating whether to mess with the kids and drive there without saying anything until we got to the parking lot. Decided against it.)
• A recipe for Cornish pudding.

Micro-Joys

• Inexplicably remembered the lyrics to a song I called “Mystery Love” back in the 90s that I heard on the radio. Tried to find said song. Failed. Looked up lyrics to the song, and Google delivered the true title: “Miss Freelove ’69” by Hoodoo Gurus. Wondered how many other song titles I’ve written down wrong on mix tapes throughout the years.
• One night, while Beorn was sick, he was making this terrible moan, and we all became terrified. It went on for at least five minutes, and I finally took out my phone to record it so I could play it for the vet. I was bringing the phone closer and closer to his face to make sure I captured the sound. I was inches from his nose when he let out an enormous sneeze, and we all shrieked. The whole thing was just a build-up to his sneeze, and then he went back to sleep.
• Passing along a pair of favourite pants to the ChickieNob and watching them get a new life.
• Jelly beans while we watched television.

Mood

• Feeling fairly panicked between Beorn’s health and the state of my country. In both cases, I feel powerless because nothing I’ve tried has made a big enough change.

What about you? Let me know what you’re eating, seeing, listening to, googling, feeling this month.