(Audio)book review: Melt with You
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
1y ago
Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker This was a listen that I stumbled across while mindlessly browsing through the LGBTQ+ Romance tag in the Libby app. I liked the cover, and I was in a hurry to find something to start so I went for it. I hesitated a bit when I realized it was a YA novel—not because I have anything against YA fiction—I don’t—but because I wasn’t sure if I was in the mood for anything quite as wholesome as YA can be at times. Frankly, I would have LOVED reading this when I was a teen. I am so glad it exists for today’s queer kids. I love how sexu ..read more
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(Audio)book Review: Sprinkled in the Stars, by Violet Morley
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
1y ago
I listened to the audio version of this, which had the bonus of being narrated by Abby Craden. Narrators can make or break an audiobook no matter how great the story/writing is, and Ms. Craden has not let me down yet. Basic plot: An a-list celebrity actress who is likely neurodiverse falls for a pragmatic paramedic—single mother to a 7-year old daughter who is on the autism spectrum. Thoughts: I really enjoyed this listen. I loved the imperfections woven into each character—it made them feel more whole. As a parent to a 7-year old daughter, I appreciated the details of the mother/daughter rel ..read more
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Surviving the Pandemic One Sapphic Romance Novel at a Time
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
1y ago
Life hasn’t been particularly easy over the past few years, has it? As a society, we’ve had political unrest, a global pandemic, and now both of those things plus war and a rate of inflation that I struggle to wrap my head around. In the midst of all that are our personal struggles, and frankly I’m surprised we haven’t been crushed by the weight of it all. The term self-care has been thrown about as if crop-dusting the world with that word alone will solve all of our problems. Spoiler: It won’t. The notion that we can self-care ourselves into a thriving, pandemic-free, worry-free economy is lu ..read more
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And then there was cat
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
1y ago
I wanted so badly to be a model chicken lady, but I have failed. I’m not even ashamed of my failure, because I learned so much from our year-long foray into urban ranching. (That makes it sound so much more glamorous than what it really was, which was simply 4 chickens in a back yard in the middle of Los Angeles.) In the end, the chickens destroyed every living green thing in our back yard, and we had to power wash every available surface before people came over–and we always have people over. It wasn’t sustainable, despite that being the whole point. There was also the issue of Waddles, who w ..read more
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She’s 5
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
3y ago
My baby girl turned 5 today. Five whole years old. My birthday wish for her this year is freedom. I would give anything for her to have the freedom to be her authentic self without a pandemic and an inept government holding her back. Five. It needs a better world. It deserves a better world ..read more
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Into the Unknown…
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
4y ago
Today, my parents delivered breakfast from a favorite spot, and we all ate in my back yard while maintaining as much “social distance” as we could. Fortunately, our yard is big enough to accommodate that, but I don’t know right from wrong anymore. A month ago, I would have told them absolutely not, but now—well, now we’ve all been living in fear of the air we breathe for two months and it’s taking its toll. So pancakes in the back yard it is. When they were leaving, Charlotte looked at my dad and said, “I wish I could give you a hug and a kiss, but I can’t.” Their car pulled out of the drivewa ..read more
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Safer at Home Day Whatever
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
4y ago
We swam at my parents’ house again today. This time, we brought the dogs. Snickers got out and went for a little joy ride through my mom’s neighborhood. I’m not sure how long she was gone before we realized she was missing. She wasn’t wearing a collar because she’s had issues with infection in the folds of her neck. It was terrifying. Fortunately, we found her within 20 minutes. Three of us were driving around the neighborhood and two were on foot. She was discovered in the open garage of a neighbor who was cleaning. They said she immediately went belly up for them and thoroughly enjoyed the a ..read more
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Water therapy
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
4y ago
Today, we swam with(ish) my parents. Social distance-style. It was much-needed, and lovely, but also… socially distant. We rescued a ladybug from the water, watched the lizards sun themselves, and began many sentences, “When this is all over…” Look at those freckles. I adore them. The evening ended with a predictable angry, emotional breakdown. Something about amoxicillin does this to her every time. After two doses, it’s all downhill. 2 doses down, 22 more to go. Just like the COVID quarantine, the only way out is through ..read more
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What a world, what a world
Hound Mamas | Two moms, two hounds, and a toddler
by Molly
4y ago
I’m sitting down at the keyboard tonight because I feel like things are only going to get worse if I don’t. I have no idea what I’m writing about, but hopefully the words will just start flowing after a bit. Charlotte has an ear infection. I’d guess it’s probably the worst she’s ever had because I can’t recall her being in this much pain with prior earaches. For the first time ever, she was prescribed antibiotics via video chat with a doctor. It wasn’t even her doctor. She just trusted my gut and handed over the pink shit. That is what the COVID world has come to… doctors just handing antibiot ..read more
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