Litsy

Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition | Michael Nordskog, David Salmela

I forget how healing saunas are for me both physically and mentally. I took one on Wednesday when I couldn't take the joint pain anymore, and it did wonders. I really need to get on a sauna schedule.

#haikuaday #haikuhive

lil1inblue @jari-chan @dabbe @itchyfeetreader @kristy_k @debinhawaii @mimi28
@thebookhippie @jenlovesjt47 @reggie @vivastory @jdiehr
@cbee @julieclair @anncrystal @bellabella @booksandcoffee4me @susanita
@kelli7990 @vivastory @The_Book_Ninja 3mo

JenlovesJT47 Ooh this is a good idea for joint pain. I have the joints of an 80-year-old woman (at least it feels that way!) 👵🏻😆♥️ 3mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 #hardsame 💓 3mo

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dabbe Your words made my shoulder feel better! 💜🧡💛 3mo

KadaGul @JenlovesJT47 I can 💯 relate to your feelings. My pain is in the muscles. 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

JenlovesJT47 @KadaGul sorry to hear that! Grannies unite! 🙌🏻👵🏻😆 3mo

lil1inblue If you refer to my 5 joys Friday post, we have a club. @jenlovesjt47 and @kadagul - you are officially members. @dabbe is a member, too. Welcome. Our secret handshake is just a regular handshake, but our joints crack when we do it. 😂 💓 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue #wellsaid 🎯😂🎯 3mo

AnnCrystal Medicine for both physical and mental health 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😉🐝💝. 3mo

julieclair So glad you were able to find some relief! 3mo

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal The best kind! 🥰 3mo

lil1inblue @julieclair Thank you! 🥰 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.1: #andsowemeetsebastian 🤮 🪟 #pollypeachum #inetrestingwaytomeet #hiscrewseemsfun 🤷🏻‍♀️ #charliebecomeshisbestie #daytriptobrideshead #soundsstunning #dyingtoknowthebackstory #nannyistheonlyonewemeet #intriguedaboutjulia #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Cuilin There‘s so much commentary online about this novel that I decided to annotate it!! Loved “The sun was behind us as we drove, so that we seemed to be in pursuit of our own shadows.” 3mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I have never read this. I'll have to go back and read all the commentary after. 3mo

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TheBookHippie @Cuilin I got a new copy so I could flag it up 🤣🙌🏼 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie We need to share what we‘re flagging somehow. I have five different themes that I‘m annotating. I don‘t want to put spoilers in the chat! I‘ll tag you in a spoiler post perhaps 🤔 3mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I think flagging is my book love language 🤣😅 I generally do quotes to print out -quotes to write on and quotes to ponder 😅🙃😊 3mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I‘m also tracking the LGBTQIA undercurrent 3mo

mcctrish I‘m here for the flagging - I only watched this before and I replaced my childhood teddy with a brand new Gund at the time and named him Elliot. He went everywhere with me. 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish 🧸 cute. I loved the TV adaptation more than the movie. 3mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I recommend, it‘s interesting. 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I only watched the mini series - I was in Grade 12 but now I might try and dig up the movie 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish It‘s good. I think Emma Thompson (love) plays Sebastian‘s mom, but I don‘t think anybody can play Ryder like Jeremy Irons. 3mo

ElizaMarie I‘m enjoying the ride so far —- but have no idea what I‘m reading or where this story is going. I feel like I‘m reading into the “friendship” as more? But maybe it‘s just me. We will see —- also have not seen the movie or read any reviews so fresh eyes here! —- these books yall pick are generally not something I‘ve ever ventured towards before (part of the fun) 3mo

Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie not just you 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish 💜🩶🧡 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie #ditto 3mo

dabbe The way Ryder describes Sebastian re: his beauty reminds me of Nick describing Jay Gatsby. Definitely more feelings going on here. 💜🩶🧡 3mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk yup 3mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe do you think Nick had feelings for Gatsby? 3mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin I highlighted the same passage. Such stunning writing. 😍 3mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie "flagging is my book love language" makes me feel seen. ? #hardsame 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Ooh. Interesting comparison. I also got Dorian Gray vibes. Definite feelings. 💖 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, good one, too! 🧡🩶💜 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I seriously do. There is also an inference to a sexual encounter between Nick and Mr. McKee in chapter 2. The narrative ends with an ellipsis (...) after Nick and Mr. McKee leave a party, suggesting a passage of time and a sexual encounter. This is supported by details like Nick being in the bedroom and Mr. McKee being in his underwear, which would have been unusual for two heterosexual men to be in that situation in the 1920s. (edited) 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I also think so because of his relationship with Jordan, a tomboy-ish female who plays golf. And that relationship doesn't work out, nor did his one with the girl back home. He seems in love with Gatsby or the idea of him. All inferences, but hard ones to ignore. 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe @Bookwormjillk Now I want to re-read Gatsby. I read it in school in the 90s, so we obviously didn't explore homosexual themes (gasp! 😱🤣 ). I see what you mean, Denise, but don't remember details. 🤔 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🩶🧡 3mo

Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @dabbe I‘ll have to pay more attention next time I re-read! 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Whoah! Please forgive the overzealous teacher in me! I never picked up on that when I first read it. It's only after YEARS of teaching it that my brain (and wormhole digging) got me to this point. I hate sounding like a know-it-all. I'm so sorry. 🧡💜💛 3mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe no! I appreciate it. I love Gatsby and I re-read it every year so I‘m happy to have a new angle to look at. Thank you! 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Oh good, I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one seeing the subtext (and that it will get even more explicit)! When Sebastian was wearing Ryder‘s tie I was like “it can‘t be, this is a WWII novel” and then the teddy bear and he‘s weird but charms everyone and one of his friends at the party is an aesthete… and then the aesthete tells SEBASTIAN that he‘d like to fill him full of ARROWS… and I‘m delighted that it‘s totally gay. 🏳️‍🌈😁 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🩶💜 3mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🧡🩶💜 3mo

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lil1inblue

For Joy's Sake | Tara Taylor Quinn

🩵 South Park is serving the level of petty I need in my life right now. 🤣
🩵 Our air quality is improving!
🩵 I got some random inspiration for a new craftivism project. I'm excited to start working on it this weekend!
🩵 The #haikuhive and the #antifabookclub are keeping me sane. 😘
🩵 Book hauls (I'll share pics this weekend).

#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 (the South Park pic ... #omg! 😂😂😂) 4mo

TheBookHippie I love the petty -so much. 4mo

TheBookHippie Also FINALLY we can go outside. 4mo

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ncsufoxes South Park read my mind of what I imagine will happen to all these people that inject their face full of fillers. 4mo

lil1inblue @dabbe 💓 💓 💓 (And the South Park JD Vance was just so. perfect. 😂) 4mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Petty is what keeps me going these days! 😂 😂 😂 And I am so glad I can finally get my hands in some dirt in the garden this weekend! 💓 4mo

lil1inblue @ncsufoxes 😂 😂 😂 #hardsame I read an article some time ago that described what happens with all of these fillers, and why people keep needing more. It wasn't too different from South Park! 🙃 4mo

mcctrish All hail South Park. And book hauls. 4mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝
✊🏼#craftivism 4mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🙌 🙌 🙌 4mo

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 😍 😍 😍 4mo

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CBee

Untitled | Unknown

1. We do not care that our face gets especially rosy at night. It‘s nature‘s makeup 😂
2. We do not care that we do not care about shaving. Our back hurts and we don‘t feel like doing it.
3. We do not care that there seem to be more mean people in the world now than kind. We do not care that empathy seems to be a bad word. We‘ll keep being kind. #wdncw @dabbe

CatLass007 1. ? 2. I totally agree I totally agree! 3. I do care, but I will continue to be kind and try not to be sad. 4mo

dabbe #1: Santa approves! 🎅🏻
#2: Who said we had to be hairless? #itsamyth #youdoyou
#3: Kindess is everything. You rock my world. 🩵💙🩵 4mo

AmyG I just had this discussion (#3) yesterday. Sad but true. 4mo

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AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🥳👌🏼💝... empathy 🙏🏼... kindness can bewilder evil. 4mo

LiseWorks I agree. People have no patience anymore. They get upset or offended over the smallest thing. Sometimes, I just don't want to be around people. My books are more friendly. 4mo

CBee @CatLass007 it‘s difficult to say that I don‘t care about #3, because I really do care? I guess what I mean by that is, I can‘t control the mean people, but I can control myself (mostly 😂). I won‘t allow myself to be anything but kind, because I don‘t know how to be anything else. 4mo

CBee @dabbe hahahaha luckily I‘m not quite as rosy as Santa. Get me out in the heat though and all bets are off 😂😂♥️♥️ You rock my world too!! 😊😊 4mo

CBee @LiseWorks I 100% agree!!! 4mo

Sace I‘m with you on 3. But I‘m gonna keep on being kind. 4mo

CBee @Sace we‘ll kill em with kindness ♥️♥️ 4mo

Eggbeater Rosy cheeks ✅️ werewolf legs ✅️ trying to contribute some good in the world ✅️ I got your back! 4mo

lil1inblue #hardsame on all three! Kindness is resistance, too! Especially these days. 💓 4mo

CBee @Eggbeater right back at ya ♥️♥️♥️ 4mo

CBee @lil1inblue you‘re right! Thank you for reminding me of that ♥️ 4mo

CatLass007 @CBee a wonderful response! @lil1inblue kindness is most definitely resistance! 4mo

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DebinHawaii

What Are Mondays Good For, Anyway? | Nicole Frankel

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Today‘s haiku is inspired by my feelings about Monday mornings…

I feel like Monday
Mornings should be stopped post haste
Who authorized them?

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

TheBookHippie Where do we sign? 5mo

JenlovesJT47 I‘m with you!! 🩷🩷🩷 5mo

kspenmoll Yes! 5mo

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Susanita I love that dog‘s face 🐶 5mo

LeeRHarry I now have Tuesday morning face on…which I have to say isn‘t much better than Monday‘s! 😏 5mo

dabbe Boy, you nailed this feeling perfectly! 🖤🐝💛 5mo

KadaGul Currently, that's my face Monday-Thursday. 🤣🤣 5mo

AnnCrystal Monday 🎶🎷 Blues 👏🏼🐝🙏🏼😘🐝💝. 5mo

Cupcake12 I hear you! 5mo

Eggs So clever! 5mo

Chrissyreadit agreed. 5mo

lil1inblue @KadaGul #hardsame 5mo

lil1inblue 🎯 🎯 🎯 5mo

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lil1inblue

Angry Blonde | Eminem

Like Home by Eminem featuring Alicia Keys
https://youtu.be/lZQ3kisKMBk?si=9KwIpRmr8uzqBMw-
#julyjazz #starsandstripes

CBee I love Eminem 👏🏻 5mo

lil1inblue @CBee #hardsame Although I didn't expect he would be where I found hope today. 🤣 5mo

CBee @lil1inblue sometimes it definitely comes from unexpected people or places! By the way, I find hope in YOU. I don‘t know if it helps, but to know that most of us here are in this together is comforting. Keep doing what you‘re doing ♥️ 5mo

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lil1inblue @CBee 🫂🥹 That is so sweet! It definitely helps to know that so many of us are in this together. 💓 Thanks for all you're doing, too! 🥰 5mo

dabbe #allthefeels 💙✊💙 5mo

CBee @lil1inblue ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 5mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🫂💝🎶💝. 5mo

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ncsufoxes

Hamilton: The Revolution | Lin-Manuel Miranda

#WDNCW that we don‘t celebrate the 4th. We never really have…Autistic child that hates fireworks. Also I do not feel very festive. I do not want to celebrate our forefathers (that came from immigrant families) as we are a nation of immigrants & we are currently deporting immigrants. None of the signers of the Declaration of Independence are Indigenous. Plus that the oppression & exploitation of others was used to build this country. No thanks

dabbe

ncsufoxes #ranttime #realhistory #honesthistory (edited) 5mo

lil1inblue #hardsame 5mo

CBee I feel you on all of this. I‘m going to try fireworks again with J and have his headphones on. We‘ll see. We‘ve avoided it the past few years for sure, but it‘s just us doing it so not one of the big shows (which I wouldn‘t want to go to anyway). Basically doing fireworks because we like them - not so much to celebrate. 5mo

dabbe #truth Thanks for speaking your heart's truth. Hugs to your child, too. 💙✊🏻💙 5mo

AnnCrystal @ncsufoxes👸👏🏼😉🙏🏼💝...may your and @CBee children both find calmness this July 4th 🫂💝. (edited) 5mo

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Amiable

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We saw the weather forecast for the next week, and it included all the terrible “H” words that we hate about summer: hazy, hot and humid. 😖 We know that many people look forward to beach days all winter long, but WE DO NOT CARE for this weather and these temperatures. At all. We will be spending the weekend indoors with a book to avoid the humidity.

#WDNCW #WeDoNotCareWednesday
@dabbe

JenlovesJT47 I‘m with you!! Melting down here in Florida 🥵🥵🥵 5mo

MallenNC Same here! Today we‘re having storms so it is finally not in the upper 90s but it‘s right back up there tomorrow. I do not enjoy the summer heat at all. 5mo

JenReadsAlot Same! Don't care it's the 4th of July! 5mo

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dabbe OMG, I'm so with you on this one (as you already know). The dogs are sulking right now because it's just too damn hot to take them for a walk! Two days ago, it hit 117ºF with 60% humidity! I'm so friendly with my air conditioner at this time of year that I think I need to give her a name! 😂 5mo

MaleficentBookDragon Right there with you. Hot, hazy, and humid = migraines for me. Just another reason why I like winter better than summer. 5mo

lil1inblue #hardsame 5mo

mcctrish Hot hazy and humid is not ideal ever 5mo

Amiable @dabbe My husband and I were talking the other day about locations with extreme heat, and he wants to know what pet owners do in places like Arizona? Do you have to buy little shoes for the dogs? There‘s no way they can walk on the sidewalks in 117-degree heat! (edited) 5mo

dabbe @Amiable If we don't get out by 7 AM, they don't go. We always check the concrete with our own hands, too, before we go. And yes, we've tried booties (especially with our greyhounds), but Kate and Pip hate them. So, if we don't go, they pout all day. 😂 5mo

quietlycuriouskate Yep, winter woman over here too. I have enough with my own internal heat to contend with these days and really don't need the weather weighing in, too. 5mo

AnnCrystal 👸🙏🏼😉👌🏼💝 Stay safe and hydrated. 5mo

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TheLudicReader

The Wednesdays | Julie Bourbeau

#WDNCW @dabbe
I don‘t care that some people might think I am too liberal. I‘m 🇨🇦. Even the people I know who identify as conservative would describe themselves as fiscally conservative and socially liberal…and in our last federal election they all voted liberal so we wouldn‘t have our own version of the current US hellscape here. #sorrynotsorry

AmyG Yep 5mo

dabbe Best line ever: “I'm 🇨🇦.“ 😍 And I'm so glad that your liberals learned from ours (the ones who stayed at home and did NOT vote) in order to choose someone who actually cares about EVERYone in your country. 👏🏻 (edited) 5mo

lil1inblue Amen! #hardsame 5mo

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Amiable At least Trump made Canada great again! There‘s that. 5mo

LiseWorks @Amiable OH my yes, never saw it that way. 🇨🇦 5mo

TheLudicReader Haha, @Amiable , I would like to think 🇨🇦 was already great, but there is no question that Trump‘s rhetoric galvanized us. 5mo

Amiable @TheLudicReader Absolutely! When my husband and I were traveling in Romania in May, the national elections ended in a loss for the pro-Trump candidate after something stupid he had said/done on the international stage. We said that Trump made Romania great again as well. 😄 5mo

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