writing – Page 6 – three good words

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

The Women

Who is your favorite historical figure?

There are too many to count, but the following ladies Changed Things:

Mitochondrial Eve

Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Boudica

Murasaki Shikibu

Hildegard von Bingen

Maryam Al-Astrulabi

Eleanor of Acquitaine

Elizabeth I

Ada Lovelace

Jane Austen

Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley

Phillis Wheatley

Harriet Tubman

Florence Nightingale

Sojourner Truth

Susan B. Anthony

Josephine Baker

Virginia Woolf

Simone de Beauvoire

Toni Morrison

Wangari Maathai

Maya Angelou

I’m pretty sure a whole number of amazing historical women are missing here. Feel free to add more Women Who Changed Things.

#women #history

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

this is why…

What are you passionate about?

…we can’t have nice things.

The world is burning and you’re asking about hobbies.

*100% disrespectful side-eye*

#wtf

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

sweater weather

What is your favorite season of year? Why?

Rainy days followed by perfect sunshine. Bookshopping. Back-to-school supplies. Hot coffee in your favourite café. Crimson leaves. Golden light. That sudden sweep, rushing through the trees. Crisp mornings with baby-blue skies. Long coats. Hats, gloves, laced-up boots. The first silly socks. That hint of snow in the air. Snuggling close on benches. Woodsmoke. Rain-wet pines. Thunderstorms. Candles. Pumpkin, pecan, or sweat potato pie.

#autumn

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025

The Golden Ticket

Do you remember your favorite book from childhood?

Again, too many to count, but let’s go with Charlie and The Misanthrope’s Chocolate Factory.

From Prince Pondicherry to 4 Grandparents in 1 bed, Little Me had a tremendous amount of questions while reading. Also, those chocolates, candies, and sweets sounded amazing. Finally, no way the Oompa Loompas never figured out another diet on their own (always bothered me).

Then there were The Chocolate Trials:
At first it was enormously satisfying to watch spoilt brats and bullies have the day they deserved. The Oompa Loompas DGAF and Willy Wonka was a revelation: An adult who stood firm in the face of irate parents? Amazing.

After multiple re-reads, though, the terrible children’s “just deserts” stopped being so perfectly just, given how their parents were horrible already and really weren’t being, y’know, parents. Especially in comparison to Charlie’s family, who clearly cared for Little Bucket.

Eye-opening for a kid.

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025