West Cork is an Audible original production. It’s a gripping true-crime podcast series, where two investigative journalists — Sam Bungey and Jennifer Forde — walk us through the unsolved murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier which occurred in West Cork, Ireland in 1996.
Archives for May 2018
OVERRATED READS | VOLUME NO. 9
I am wayyyy overdue for another round of Overrated Reads. And because of that, I’m going to write about five books I found totally hyped up, as opposed to my standard three. Also, because I hate-read my way through two of them, as they both had a really special way of grinding my gears. I…
Conquering Hate with Love
Welcome to Day II of Buddhist Week! Today, I’m continuing the theme of Learning to Like People. I promise the post isn’t as cheesy as the title. In fact, it’s mainly about anger, hatred, and how to we must control it. It’s pretty humbling and eye opening. I hope you find it as beneficial and life…
Learning to Like People | A Buddhist Take
The Advice for Life class at Kadampa Mediation Center spent the entire month of February dedicated to the topic: Learning to Like People. It was so insanely helpful and productive that I’m sharing it with you here. In fact, this entire week I plan on posting various dharma talks I attended at KMC. Welcome to BUDDHIST WEEK…
Two Recent Reads with Nearly Identical Plots
I’m always in the middle of several books, both physical copies along with audiobooks. Earlier this month, I read The Wife Between Us while I listened to The Last Mrs. Parish on an audiobook. I was actually pretty shocked at how similar the two plots were… I kept confusing storylines, character motives, and it became…
“Sorry I’m Late. I Didn’t Want to Come.” — Spring 2018
I believe the entire country is fed up with these ridiculous winter temperatures that lasted until basically yesterday. It snowed 6-inches on the first official day of spring, here in DC, and didn’t really get much better. It’s currently May, and we’re still in winter coats… it’s miserable. I haven’t packed up my gloves, scarf,…