Because we need more Christmas in July music! Thoughts on Mark Tremonti, Kate Rusby, Samara Joy, Chloe Flower + Bing Crosby

(via Shutterstock) Christmas music in July? What, what, WHAT are you even thinking?! Well, I’m thinking that the world is a dumpster fire of climate change and fascistic chaos and listening to music that is dedicated to conjuring up a warm-and-fuzzy winter wonderland of loveliness is no bad thing (and Continue Reading

#ChristmasInJuly book review: The Gingerbread Café by Anita Faulkner

(courtesy Hachette Australia) As someone who grew up incredibly socially isolated thanks to incessant bullying from the first day of school until almost the last, this reviewer appreciates a story in which something similarly cut out of the mainstream finds their way into a place of belonging and the unconditional Continue Reading