meanderings.me

Pandemic Diary 2021

April 10, 2021 by Matilda London

In response to a Book Riot and Out of the Box essay on documenting the personal experiences of the pandemic, this timeline will also be in correlation to the new Biden-Harris administration and the continued malfeasance and autocratic menace of the Trump-Republican fascists. Any and all essays on the subjects will be posted here as links. Timeline © 2021 Matilda London/Pamela Gay Mullins PayPal Me | Cash Me | Venmo

Categories: Diary, Essays • Tags: 2021, Commentary, Coronavirus, culture, Diary, Essays, Non-Fiction, Pandemic Diary, Politics, SocioPolitical, Timeline

Book Review: The Five Things We Cannot Change by David Richo

April 4, 2021 by Matilda London

One of my absolute favorite shows is Fringe. There is a scene in the episode ‘Conentrate and Ask Again’ in which Dr. Walter Bishop comes face-to-face with one of his child experimental cortexiphan subjects—now an adult—Simon Phillips. Simon has the ability to read people’s minds so-much-so he has removed himself from society and sequestered himself in an isolated cabin in the woods so as to not be continuously bombarded with the intrusive thoughts of others. Peter, Olivia and Walter search […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird, Book Review, David Richo, Eckhart Tolle, Emily Temple, Fringe, Hamilton Revolution, How to be an Adult in Relationships, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Julia Cameron, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meditation on Sale, Michael Gelb, Natalie Goldberg, People Skills, Review, Roger Bolton, The Art of Thinking, The Artist's Way, The Five Things We Cannot Change, The Power of Now, The Right to Write, Vincent Ruggiero, Writing Down the Bones

Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed

March 21, 2021 by Matilda London

I’m going to stay with the grieving theme since it still needs a somewhat broader brushstroke than what When He Was Wicked provided; and, while it is an entertaining romance that examines grief briefly, Ms. Strayed’s book plunges the reader in it till you’re gasping for peace and begging for relief, then she smacks you over the head and across the face with understanding and self-reflection. She takes your gut, heart, and head and beats them black and blue with […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, Book Review, Cheryl Strayed, Review, Wild

Book Review: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (Updated)

March 16, 2021 by Matilda London

This is my favorite Bridgerton novel of the eight in the series. Skeptical on whether or not I would like it after I realized in the first couple of paragraphs that it was a guy falling for his best friend/cousin’s wife—that can get really creepy and awkward if not handled correctly—I finally decided to read the synopsis; which I had not done so prior to reading any of the novels. It was in a series and I was on a […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, Book Review, Bridgerton, Julia Quinn, Netflix, Review, When He Was Wicked

Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

March 6, 2021 by Pamela Mullins

When I began devising A Mirror of Me, I wanted a character that erupted occasionally to the world around her with a rhymed poem. I did not want her to be that poetically skilled, but authentically awkward and passionate—though brilliant at most everything else, her poetry is meant to be an aberration to all her scientific-techno genius that comes off quite clumsy at times, but endearing. I dunno if I succeeded since I’m not finished with the story yet—we’ll see. […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: A Memory Called Empire, All Things Books, Arkady Martine, Book Review, Review

Hear to Slay Podcast Review

March 4, 2021 by Pamela Mullins

Starring Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom, this podcast is sublime and so worth the annual membership. With two seasons and 75 hour packed episodes, Dr. Gay and Dr. McMillan Cottom educate and deconstruct Black feminism down to its very core with such insightful wisdom and dark puckish wit, you’ll wonder how we ever got along without—hello, we did not. They allow their guests—some of the most brilliant and creative women alive—a platform to speak and share knowledge as they […]

Categories: In General • Tags: Commentary, Feminism, Podcast, Podcast Review