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  • Daunt Books bookstore in Marylebone London for love your bookshop day
    Love your bookshop day 11 October 2025

    Founded by the Australian Booksellers Association in 2014, Love Your Bookshop Day is an annual day of celebration for, you guessed it, local bookshops, and this year we’re celebrating October 11. This year’s theme is “Discover the Magic. Discover You.”

  • Symbolising slow living, a lit incense stick in a holder sitting between a rock and a deck of cards
    Slow living

    Following the overachiever card, I’ve wondered whether there’s been too much happening, and I should slow down. Embrace slow living.

  • posters of dress silhouettes on the wall representing the 2025 summer wardrobe plan
    2025 Summer Wardrobe Plan

    It is, of course, bloody freezing as I start thinking about my 2025 summer wardrobe plan, and about all I can think about is fluffy slippers.

  • The cover of Living by the Numbers by Alexandria Blaelock features a woman and a cat sitting on a rug surrounded by pot plants.
    This Month’s Free Short Story

    Still on the theme of getting my sh*t together, the free short story I’ve chose for September is “Living by the Numbers.”

  • Three snowmen with rosy cheeks and happy smiles representing the 2025 winter wardrobe update
    2025 winter wardrobe update

    It’s been a busy few months in which I lost or forgot a number of deadlines including the dentist and the 2025 winter wardrobe update. But, as they say, better late than never. Especially with the summer plan coming up.