Since I’ve been to see more movies this winter than I usually do in a year, I thought I’d share some thoughts! Let’s start with the one that (to my surprise) disappointed me: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Maybe I should have known that when Rowling branches out from the original canon, it doesn’t seem to go well (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child *cough cough*). But I really had high … [Read more...]
My Reading List for 2017 (And What I Read in 2016)
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I'm so excited about my reading list for 2017! I've already gotten started on my first book (a Dorothy Sayers mystery). I feel FREE because for the past two years I've included a huge and overwhelming classic that TOOK OVER the year. In 2015 it was Les Miserables and in 2016 it was The Brothers Karamazov. I'm not doing that to myself this year. There's … [Read more...]
The 10 Most Popular Carrots Posts of 2016
Here we are at the end of the year again! It's been another fun year of writing for this community that I adore. Did you know Carrots readers are the best readers? Well, you are. No contest. It's a tradition for me to compile a list of the 1o most popular posts written in the past calendar year. It helps me understand what you liked best. Sometimes it aligns almost perfectly with what my … [Read more...]
A Very Carrots Christmas Playlist
We're having a ball with family and friends in our hometown of Tallahassee, FL celebrating the holidays, but I wanted to stop in and give you a gift: a Christmas playlist I made! This year's Christmas playlist is pretty eclectic. I included some classic pop like Mariah Carey and then some classic classics like Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby. And then I added a lot of haunting, beautiful more … [Read more...]
Sorting Jane Austen Characters Into Hogwarts Houses: The Definitive Guide
images by Katherine Makowky You love Jane Austen. You love Harry Potter. So why not sort your favorite Austen characters into Hogwarts houses? I could not come up with a good reason not to. I'm the sort of person who wonders how Elinor and Marianne Dashwood's Myers-Briggs personality types made their sisterly relationship complicated. And I've spent a lot of time considering whether … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 163 (Long Overdue! Thanksgiving, Advent, You Name It)
Daniel and I ready to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Y'all. Since the last time I posted a TWM (which was WEEKS ago! Sorry!) I have been to the movies three times. Yes, you read that right. In six weeks I've seen THREE movies. This is positively unheard of in my life since we became parents. I don't really understand why the stars aligned this way but it was fun. Anybody interested … [Read more...]
The Carrots Gilmore Girls Brain Dump
(Image c/o Netflix) Psst! DON'T READ THIS UNLESS YOU'VE FINISHED THE REVIVAL! Spoilers are EVERYWHERE. It’s only been a few days since Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life launched on Netflix and while I’d love to wait til everyone has a chance to catch up, I need to unload all these GG thoughts and I have an inkling a few of you need to debrief, too. This is basically a brain dump, so don’t … [Read more...]
Liturgical Living at a Glance: December 2016
I’m always trying to figure out how to make it easier for families to observe the Christian Year because we felt so overwhelmed when we first started that journey (which is why we wrote the book we wish we had then). I thought it might be helpful for our family to have resources compiled for the month ahead so that we can plan in advance which special saints days we want to observe and I hope … [Read more...]
The 2016 Carrots Christmas Gift Guide (With Discount Codes Just for You!)
This morning it's rainy outside, I have pie hangover, and there's several hours of the new Gilmore Girls revival season waiting for me on Netflix. So obviously I'm going to continue my beloved tradition of not changing out of pajamas or going ANYWHERE on Black Friday. I have exactly zero desire to fight crowds for sales....ever. So want to join me in finding some great deals from the couch? … [Read more...]
A Wintry (NOT Christmasy) Playlist of Cold Weather Music
Welcome back to Good Music Monday at Carrots! No matter what last week was like for you, I think we could all use some music that makes us feel like we're wrapped up in a giant blanket. The sort of thing that you can listen to when you sit by the fire or put something in the oven or turn on the space heater. But I'm kind of a stickler for not listening to proper Christmas music until much closer … [Read more...]
