Hello there,

Hope this finds you safe and well?

 Well here we are; May is well under way and thanks to covid19  I feel as if we’ve all been in what feels like a hibernation of sorts waiting for the new year to arrive.

I personally noticed not much has changed from before the pandemic arrived so keeping busy comes quite easily to me, I’m not saying I don’t go about my days without a care in the world, I’m prone to bouts of strong  anxiety so keeping that in check seems to take more of a focused effort at the minute, pleased to report only a few times I’ve felt it pulling me along.

Once this is over I hope people start respecting that the internet and technology does have a space in the world, and no it doesn’t need all the space but obviously needs some room.

Here’s some of what’s been keeping me occupied

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

 Welcome to a deserted island!

There is something very soothing about fishing, bug catching, fossil collecting (with tools that break) for an owl. Shopping and paying off a mortgage to a raccoon, watering my tulips and waiting on visitors to the island on a daily basis. I find that it can take up hours of my day if I’d let it. If you have A Nintendo Switch or looking for a great time passer let me suggest Animal Crossing New Horizons. I take no responsibility for any addictions. 

Book Club goes digital

In May of 2019, I joined my first in real life book club this was such a personal achievement for me as I’m quite introverted and struggle to embrace change where others are concerned, I have found my space within the group and I now look forward to the monthly meetings so much so that when Covid19 arrived I was worried about this change and what it means for my monthly meeting. As I expected this did change we have since gone digital I was so worried before the first meeting that the technology wasn’t going to work or worse I’d miss the meeting pleased to say I arrived on time to discover the book for May was The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams read the review here

Out and About

I’ve come to enjoy walks along the foreshore and find it a great way of organising my thoughts which during this time can feel stagnant many a blog idea and it’s future or breaking the beginning of a reading slump happens on these walks. I also find these walks are great reminders that not everything has been disturbed by Covid19 gives me hope we’ll find our way into some form of post Covid19 space soon, even if we all have to find a way  to live with this virus among us.

Please Note since writing this article some restrictions have been lifted, we at Hundred Acre of Books are maintaining social distancing practices.