The Sunday Post: September 28, 2025

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Hello, Lovelies, and Happy Sunday, I hope you’re all doing fantastic. Can you believe it’s the last Sunday of September? Where did the month go? My goodness, this year is flying by.

 

I’ve been away from the blog for a bit due to health things. I thought that I was going to be back to blogging in July, but that didn’t happen. To make a long story short, I was diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome at the end of the last year. The last few months I’ve been having something other issues and extreme allergies along with chronic hives. Turns out, I also have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, which goes along with HEDS. Between the doctor appointments, lab visits, and the flares, I’ve been exhausted. And let me tell you, the brain fog is real. So, that’s what’s been going on with me, I’ll probably write up a longer post sometime in the near future going into more detail.

 

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s move on to the fun stuff.

 

I stopped in at Wheatberry Books, my favorite indie bookshop. Chelsea, the owner, is so friendly and always has the best recommendations. She recommended Darcy Coates, so I picked up a copy of Gallows Hill, which was the perfect choice to kick off my spooky season reading. I also purchased Fall I Want by Lyra Parish and The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin. And they’ve recently started a rewards program, so I cashed in my first reward and only paid $6 for Gallows Hill.

 

Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop was my next visit. I went in to pick up a few of my favorite British candy bars (Flake, Curly-Wurly, and an Aero bar). Unfortunately, they didn’t have the dark chocolate Aero bar (just milk and peppermint) so I settled for the milk chocolate and forgot just how sweet they were. I think I’ll wait until I find the dark chocolate before buying an Aero bar again. I also picked up some wine gums, which I haven’t had in ages. They have a massive wall of mostly imported sodas, so I picked up a few new ones to try and some favorites. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they sold Fentimans Victorian Lemonade. If you’re a fan of tarte lemonade, I highly recommend their Victorian Lemonade. It’s very tarte but has a slight hint of pear, which gives it a hint of sweetness. It also contains an interesting blend of herbs, including juniper berries.

 

I’m also one-step closer to finishing my front yard. I ordered the decorative brick for the retaining wall, and it was promptly delivered, which surprised me. I’m just waiting on the landscaper. Because the job is relatively small, he’s going to do it in-between jobs as it shouldn’t take more than a few hours.

In cooking news, I’ve restarted my sourdough journey. It’s been a few years since I’ve went down this rabbit hole and now I have two jars of starter sitting on my counter. Today is the fourth day, and because my house is always cold, I’ve never had my starters to take off as fast as these ones have so I have a feeling I’m either going to have to stir the smaller jar down, or move it into a bigger jar. Because they were active earlier, I think I’m going to get usable discard sooner so I need to pull up a few seasonal recipes. I’m also hoping that I can find a family member or friend who will want to ‘adopt’ a jar of starter because I generally take the discard that’s not ready to be used in a recipe and turn it into another jar of starter. Two jars of sourdough starter sitting on my counter seems reasonable. Three is one jar too many. If you’ve also went down the sourdough rabbit hole, what do you do with your early discard? Do you start another starter or just toss it?

 

I’ve also been cooking a lot of fresh veggies because my great-aunt and uncle’s garden was overflowing and she keeps bringing me boxes of carrots, squash, zucchini, radishes, green beans, and bell peppers. I generally make a big roasting pan or skillet then what’s leftover I’ll blend up and freeze to use as a pasta sauce. I’ve also frozen several bags of veggies and made several containers of soup starters.

 

 

Here’s What I’m Currently Reading

 

I started The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston, and I should be finished with it by the end of today. While I’ve been enjoying Poston’s writing, I needed something to satisfy my mystery craving, so I started Dying Falls by Elly Griffiths. I’m also reading an e-arc of Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay and I’m loving it.

 

On audio, I have Voice of Fear by Heather Graham and Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell going. I should be done with Don’t Let Him In by Monday at the latest. I think I’m going to switch to the paperback of Voice of Fear because I can’t seem to get into the audiobook.

 

I’m also re-reading A Discovery of Witches as part of the ‘real time’ readalong that Deborah Harkness is hosting. I’m really enjoying this because you read the chapters on the day that the events are occurring. I don’t often read a book over, but there’s so much going on in this series that you almost have to read the books over to catch everything that’s going on and how the events tie together.

 

What am I going to read in October?

I know that I’m going to read Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman because my Mom wants to do a buddy read, since it’s been a minute since we’ve read the same book. I also have a few arcs that I need to read but, other than that, I think I want to mood read this month.

 

What have you been up to?