Well, I’m a day late on my yearly recap (a yearly tradition as of last year). But, I haven’t updated in months, so a day late is better than never.
To start with, I read much less than last year. I ended up reading just a little over half as much as I did last year…
- The Name of the Wind
- The Help
- Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
- A Darker Shade of Magic
- A Gathering of Shadows
- China Rich Girlfriend
- Between The World and Me
- Buddha Standard Time
- To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- The Better Angels of Our Nature
- After I do
- Authority
- The Buddha In the Attic
- Finding Audrey
- On Immunity: An Innoculation
- Good to Great
- Annihilation
- Yes Please
- Eat, Pray, Love
- The Book of Unknown Americans
- The Moor’s Account
- Challenger Deep
- Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time
- Everything I Never Told You
- I Don’t Know How She Does It
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
- Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
But, I did start another blog, but this time with friends — Hand Over That Pen. I really went down the rabbit hole of fountain pens last year, and my “collection” went from about three pens to 15. It’s been quite the adventure (and I’ve met a lot of great people along the way).
I keep forgetting I did this — but it was all-consuming for a few weeks. I renovated —
This was my kitchen before: (from the open house pictures)
And now it’s this:
And, lastly, the places I visited: (also a lighter year)
- Singapore, where I stayed with Tatsie
- Oklahoma City, OK to Las Vegas, NVon a road trip with Jonny
- Kona and Honolulu, HI with family
- Manila, Philippines for Thanksgiving
- Boston, MA & NYC for work
I’ve set myself some goals for the year (as usual), but also am challenging myself to take a photo every day. I’ll be doing weekly recaps here, and more regular posting on my instagram account, @hellokloh.
Katherine’s 365 Day Photo Challenge Rules:
- Post photos somewhere at least once a week
- At least 1/3rd of the photos must not be taken with a smartphone
- Over the year, take at least ten photos in these categories: macro, wide angle, people, Moogle, black & white and daily life.
- Stick to the Dogwood 52 week challenge once a week (this is probably the hardest… we’ll see)