Nollaig Shona
Best of the season’s greetings to those who celebrate.
#christmas #ThatTimeofYear #pudding #NollaigShona #nollag #SeasonsGreetings #FestiveSeason #pudding #MidWinter

Fruit mince tarts (they’re a bit small to be called pies), just baked and ready for visitors (I might try one or two myself). Plus a few jam ones for those who don’t like fruit mince. The fruit mince was at the back of the fridge, leftover from when I made it a year ago.
They’re a bit ugly, but taste great — much better than any shop-bought ones I’ve ever tried and definitely worth the bother.

#joinIn #handmade #cooking #baking #tastyNotPretty #thatTimeOfYear

I had to take a two-week break to attend to other things (it's definitely #ThatTimeOfYear), but I finished #FairyTale, by #StephenKing last night, and I adored it. It is a must-read by King fans and #fantasy fans, and for me it's going to be a must-REread as well. My #review is linked below.

#Reading
#Books
#CurrentlyReading
#JustFinished

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5174059549

I had to take a two-week break to attend to other things (it's definitely #ThatTimeOfYear), but I finished #FairyTale, by #StephenKing last night, and I adored it. It is a must-read by King fans and #fantasy fans, and for me it's going to be a must-REread as well. My #review is linked below.

#Reading
#Books
#CurrentlyReading
#JustFinished

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5174059549

I’m a writer. Christmas/holiday cards should be easy right? Why aren’t they?

Am I the only one who struggles?

#WritersBlock
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting
#ThatTimeOfYear

I’m a writer. Christmas/holiday cards should be easy right? Why aren’t they?

Am I the only one who struggles?

#WritersBlock
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting
#ThatTimeOfYear

PTSD hitting me hard today. I know part of it is that we're coming up on a lot of negative anniversaries and that time of year where the trauma in question happened... it was also hitting me last month (same trauma got brought up by something life threw at a friend.) so aftershocks, kinda. Both? Just because? I guess?

Brains/nervous systems are weird.

I'd like to let go of this. I'd like to forget this shit, but I also need to remember.

So I am sitting here with comfort characters and blankets and a piece of chocolate and occasionally welling up with tears. Trying to remind myself that I'm here in Arizona in December 2022, not in a hospital ICU in Indiana in January 2019. Certain grooves in my brain seem to think otherwise.

The worst part of crying is the wet neck.

#PTSD #trauma #selfsoothing #ThatTimeOfYear #BrainsAreDumb

It's that time of year where every #Meredith across the country with the nickname #Merry buys their name on stuff they don't need.

#NowYouKnow #ItsNotJustMe #MerryChristmas #ThatTimeOfYear #holidays #Target