I am really really glad that this doesn't happen to me very often. Really glad. I'm going through a period where I have a short fuse, everything seems to be fighting me, and I want to cry at the oddest moments. I hate this! I'm not even sure what brought it all on.
The best thing for me to do is keep to myself, keep my head down, and carry on, so that's exactly what I'm going to do. Sorry I don't have an uplifting intro this week, but the links are going to have to do. I'm climbing back into my hole where everyone is safe from me. I hope you enjoy the links!
►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
- The pros and cons of the new Goodreads book view.
- Children's authors show off their treasures on Antiques Roadshow.
- The video game that shows us what the eBook could have been.
- These haunting red dresses memorialize murdered and missing Indigenous women.
- Behold the 1940s typewriter that could type in English, Chinese, and Japanese.
- "If only I'd been warned": writers choose books to give to their younger selves.
- Book sales jumped a third in the first week of bookshops reopening in England and Wales.
- Why was reading in the bathroom so widespread in the USSR?
- Lightning may wash pollution out of the air with a chemical dubbed the "detergent of the atmosphere".
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
- Medieval Britain's cancer rates were ten times higher than originally thought.
- A Swedish man discovered a trove of Bronze Age artifacts hiding in plain sight.
- Rome's Colosseum, site of violent gladiator battles, is to get a new high-tech floor.
- A 5,000-year-old fingerprint was found on a pottery shard unearthed in Scotland.
- Whale wax helps scholars solve the mystery of a supposed Leonardo da Vinci sculpture.
- Renaissance-Era Florentine frescoes spent centuries hidden in plain sight.
- Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest home.
- A colorful 1,600-year-old mosaic adorned with geometric patterns has been found in Israel.
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
- Great horned owl parents lost their baby in a windstorm. A rescuer reunited them and brought an extra gift.
- Fifteen outlandish chicken varieties.
- Voeltzkow’s chameleon has been missing for 107 years. It just returned.
- Watch this dog perform a figure eight around traffic cones while riding a skateboard.
- Meet the sultan tit, an unmistakable bird with a bright yellow mohawk.
- Wild donkeys and horses dig wells that provide water for a host of desert species.
- Scientists are relocating nuisance beavers to help salmon.
- Dormie, the dog who went on trial for cat murder.
►Fascinating Folk◄
- How the Comtesse de Monteil, the "queen of thieves", conned the wealthy of the French Riviera.
- How Harlan Coben went from guiding tour buses in Spain to writing blockbuster novels.
- Chester Gillette, Theodore Dreiser, and the origins of America's fascination with true crime.
- Irish women are reinventing the thriller.
- Stacey Abrams and Michael Connelly on plot, persistence, and passion.
►I ♥ Lists◄
- Sixteen secrets of Amazon warehouse employees.
- Twenty-five amazing books by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors .
- Five series with a great sense of place.
- The top seven fight scene mistakes in fiction.
- Top ten books about museums.
- Ten famous authors and their mothers.
- Ten novels with characters who will steal your heart.
- Eight books about books for book lovers.
That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.
Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!
I'm so sorry to hear you're going through ONE OF THOSE TIMES, Cathy. They're so distressing and they take their toll. Take the time you need for yourself. We'll be here when you're ready to join us again.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going anywhere, Margot. One of the best things for me to do is to keep busy, and writing blog posts, etc. is perfect for that.
DeleteYou have been through a lot lately, Cathy. I am sure having to battle the difficulties with your leg isn't easy. Not to mention COVID, the news, and the major change to your routine caused by your husband's retirement. As Margot said, take the time you need for yourself. I always enjoy your posts, out of sorts or not.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gretchen.
DeleteThere must be some planet out of whack or something because I have been the same way this week. Short fuse but then weepy and sentimental and just dumb. Felt off all week long. Can't wait for it to pass.
ReplyDeleteI feel marginally better knowing that I haven't been alone in this.
DeleteBusy week here, I know what you mean. Take it easy and I am looking forward to checking out some links!
ReplyDeleteHope I included some good ones for you!
DeleteGood luck riding out your current mood! Don't worry about uplifting us - you've given us a plethora of links to enjoy. Take care, and I hope all your reading options are good ones.
ReplyDeleteSo far, so good!
DeleteI think of the old song from my teenage years, "Mama said there'd be days like thhis." Unfortunately, it happens. You have a lot on your plate right now. You'll get your mojo back soon.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, thanks for the links.
Thanks, Kathy.
DeleteI spent about 6 weeks in an apathetic fog, and I've only begun to come out of it. I hope you get yourself back to normal soon, Cathy. You have been through a lot lately and deserve a return to the bright side!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jen.
DeleteHang in there, Cath. I'm not one used to being depressed about my life, but I've been in and out of that mood for the last few months myself. The good news is that it always gets better in the long run if we have the patience with ourselves to wait it out.
ReplyDeleteThe scary thing to me is that I sometimes can't motivate myself to do the things I used to most enjoy pre-pandemic. I had to force myself yesterday to get in the car and take a day trip to central Texas to do a little exploring. And today, I feel so much more alive. I'm really thankful that I didn't give in to yesterday's inertia...and I discovered a cemetery down a little dirt road that dates back to 1836. It's filled with Texas Rangers, people who were killed in Indian raids or fights, and even a Hall of Fame baseball player who died in the '60s. I almost bottomed out my car getting to it, but it was worth it.
I hope you feel better soon.
I'm feeling a smidge better than I did, but it's a slow process. I suffered from severe depression from my teens through my mid-forties, and what I'm experiencing now doesn't hold a candle to it. Part of the problem stems from doctor's offices being my destination, world without end. I have to sneak in a trip someplace I love once in a while or I'd start gibbering. Your cemerery sounds an awful lot like two I've run across. One in southern Utah just outside the western border of Zion National Park. If you don't bottom out your car and head on a little further, you wind up in Grafton, a little ghost town where they filmed scenes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The second cemetery is in Cochise County just a few miles from the border with Mexico. One of the people buried there was Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard.
DeleteWell, try to divert yourself with that botatical heaven and all the lovely animal and nature sanctuaries around you. Nature can provide so much entertainment and solace.
ReplyDeleteYes, it can. We have an outing planned for Wednesday if my legs cooperate.
Deletei hope they cooperate. I think this blog's readers get almost as much enjoyment out of seeing the animal and botanical photos as you do.
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