Today I am joining up with Jen from My Joyful Life for the Currently post. For March, Jen is asking what we are loving, craving, pinning, planning, and appreciating.

This month I am loving that the temperatures are getting warmer, slowly, but surely. I am not a fan of hot weather but I am also not a fan of super cold weather and this winter the weather was terribly, dangerously cold. I can not wait for the weather to warm up at least a little bit but not too much because I am still loving being curled up under my blanket with my warm rice packs while reading.

I am also loving my latest read, Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go to Funerals by Sharon Mondragon.

It is very cozy and fun, with lovable characters. It was a nice surprise because I am never sure what I am going to get when I pick up a book I see a lot of people recommending on social media.

Craving

I am craving more peace in the news these days. I am craving being able to go on Facebook and not seeing everyone arguing over politics and politicians who do not care about us. I am craving an awakening where people realize that all politicians, no matter their party, are all about power.

They are all about keeping us at each other’s throats so they can continue to maintain that power. Most of them do not care about how much your groceries are costing you or how much you are struggling to make ends meet. They pretend they do so they can do their best to make the other party look bad (go back to the power thing), but in the end, all they are going to do is tell you what they will do without actually doing it.

That’s as political as I am going to get on this blog, so do not worry that I am going to go political all of a sudden. Nop.e Not at all. I prefer to just ramble about books and old movies and protect my peace in this space. Thank you very much.  

Pinning

If we are talking about Pinterest pinning, I just got back into Pinterest again and have been pinning some of my posts but also saving vintage books I want to read. Those books include cozy mysteries, general fiction, and romances.

I can say I judge a book by it’s cover in these instances because if I looks like it might be cozy and clean, I pin it.

I am also pinning ideas for journaling because I have got back into some journaling again. I am not journaling as often or as extensively as I used to but I am having fun with designing a reading/watching journal and a junk journal.

Do you journal at all?

Planning

Right now I am planning the last three months of homeschool for my kids.

My son is in his senior year so I am a bit overwhelmed and nervous with that, but he is attending a technical school and getting a foundation for future employment so that helps calm me some.

A fun course I am planning for these last three (what??! Three??!) months is a film study course. We are going to watch some classic films, and he will write a bit about each one, sharing what he thought about it. So far, on our list to watch is:

The Stranger (1946)

Citizen Kane (of course)

The Third Man (1949)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

and

L.A. Confidential (1997)

What movies would you add to the list?

I am also planning a course on Shakespeare and we will probably read King Lear later this month and into April.

Appreciating

I am currently appreciating people who support my writing by telling me they read my books or buying my books or even selling my books in their stores.

I am also appreciating books in general. They are a wonderful escape from life these days. I love to be able to curl up with one and just lose myself inside it, which is why I often choose more lighthearted books or light mysteries.

How about you? What are loving, craving, pinning, planning, and appreciating currently?