Owlowiscious Girls

I just finished reading The Jane Austen Society  by Natalie Jenner.  I really liked it and I would like to share some of my thoughts on it.  This book revolves around a wide variety of characters who share a love for Jane Austen's work.  We have Adam, the farm worker, Adeline, the widowed former school teacher, the doctor of the town, Dr. Gray, Evie, a teenager who works in the "Great House", Mimi, the famous American actress and her friend Yardley who works as an auctioneer, Andrew, the solicitor, and  Miss Frances Knight, a  descended of Jane Austen and keeper of the "Great House".   They join together after World War II to save Jane Austen's legacy.  My favorite character was probably Evie.  She has so much drive and determination.  She is wise beyond her years.  She starts a project and sees it through.  Even though I rarely finish my projects I still saw myself in her the most because of her drive to even start...

Summer break is official here in my part of Oregon and the world is still spinning despite all the turmoil out there.  I am most determined to not let this swallow me whole.  I don't really watch news any more and I have to focus on what I can do and not what I can't, which has been a big life struggle in general to be honest.  Some days things hit me really hard and other days it can be hard to get me down no matter what.  But right now I am going to continue with my Jane Austen summer buddy reading PLUS I have new project, of course! Here is the list broken up by weeks: Week 1 (June 1-6) *already past* Jane Austen's Dragons  by Maria Grace Week 2 (June 7-13) The Jane Austen Society  by Natalie Jenner Week 3 (June 14-20) Pirates and Prejudice  by Kara Louise Week 4 (June 21-27) Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors  by Sonali Dev Week 5 (June 28-July 4) Ayesha at Last  by Uzma Jalaluddin Week 6 (July 5-11)...

I have been MIA on here for these 3-4 months because of the Stay At Home Orders and everything being cancelled during the COVID19/Corona Virus Pandemic.  We are all well or fairly healthy except for the occasional outbursts of frustration or make that rather frequent outbursts of frustration.  It took me so long to wrap my mind around this new way of living that I couldn't write.  I couldn't read.  I couldn't focus.  I couldn't plan or at least I didn't even know how to plan.  I watched a lot of trashy television.  I tried a few cleaning projects that failed miserably.  My eldest is dreadfully behind in her school work because I hadn't been keeping up with all the changes as I should.  Just so much uncertainty and unrest.  I also ended up with extreme neck, back, and shoulder pain which I can only really attribute to stress.  So here I am trying to make ANOTHER version of "normal".  I was literally just getting use to my younge...