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2024-07-01 05:25 pm

June update

Overall June was an alright month. Like always and as you guys know - this year is going by way too fast!

I got my yard sale done, making well over what I thought I would. Which was a good feeling. Yesterday I dropped off the stuff that didn't sell at my local Goodwill. And I will sell some of the books at half price books as well as take some and put them in those little free libraries I see scattered around. I don't think I want to ever do another yard sale if I can help it. It was a good experience, but one I just don't want to repeat if I can help it.

One annoyance about last month was I did get sick twice with my sinuses. Both to the point where I was throwing up phlegm and/or dry heaving. I'm hoping it doesn't happen again, but I think part of the issue is how drastic our weather has been changing from hot to cool.

I've been making good progress with reading. I think I will go back to reading some manga this month. I have some volumes of Nana, Fruits Basket and Bestars that I haven't read yet.

With my stamps I have finally started an album to share on Facebook for my stamp groups to look at that has all of my extras I want to trade. After I finish that I want to go through my albums and make a list of all the counties I have and how many stamps I have from each country. It's been great getting back into this fun and soothing hobby.

Gardening has been going good, too. I separated some of my lilac bushes on my hill and spread them out so they have more room to grow. Today I did a bit of weeding after work. Keeping up with my property and all that comes with it is still a tiring chore. I hate using that word, but some days I really don't have the energy to do everything.

I'm part of a library group at my public library. It's called "Friends of the public library". So far I've gone to two meetings. We are trying to figure out ways to get the community more engaged with going there, doing projects, ect. We are doing a fundraiser later this month to raise money. There will be baskets to raffle off and a few of us are donating baskets. I'm putting one together that has art supplies in it. It feels nice to be a part of something.

With my comic I have been getting back into the grove of things. This month I am going to make an account on Globalcomix and will share "Promised Memories". I'm a bit nervous, but with kind words from Matt I feel everything will work out.

Sapphire has been doing good. Yesterday I got her a betta buddy. A silly little betta fish toy that goes in her tank. She didn't care much at all about it.
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2024-02-19 07:31 pm

Stay curious at your public library

Last month I was at my public library and while I was there I found some new books for reading and it made me grateful to have the variety of so many books in one place. It's always been difficult for me to walk into a library and not walkout with at least one book. I've been reading much more than I usually do and it's given me a sense of calm to say the least.

I picked out four books. Two of which were about haunted places here in my state of Ohio. One was more whimsical and left you to wonder about the stories and legends and the other was more fact driven but still alright for what it was worth. I plan on going to some of these places in the future and with these two books I made some notes of new ones I never heard of. Another book was about medieval history. I finished that one yesterday and it was interesting to read on it's own but also useful as a reference for my story and comic "Promised Memories". And lately I still have one I am working on finishing that is about the folklore of wildflowers. It's a book I didn't know existed but is different and a neat read.

I have so many books that I am going to read and some of which I will pass along to others. Most of which I got this past fall from that man who passed away. That widened my book collection. But in the meantime I am going to try to go into my little public library more often and take advantage of their wide selection of books.