#memoirmonday

[comfysocksfirst]

Board Game Shifting

One of the things I’ve loved for a good long while now is board games. I played some with my sisters after they got married and they would host game nights at their respective homes and I always had a great time with them. I was only a teenager then but then I joined a gaming after school group in high school and I enjoyed that. Of course this was a while back now and a lot of the games we played weren’t actually all that fun. They were games like Monopoly, Stratego, Chess, and I guess those are the major ones that come to mind. Anyway those games aren’t fun they’re made fun by the people around the table. And I know what you’re thinking, Isn’t that true of all games?? No. It isn’t true of all games. Some games even if you’re playing with people that you don’t enjoy much are so fun and thinky in it of themselves that they produce a good amount of to play them. At some point during the pandemic as we were all being paid $600 a week USD plus some other moneys from unemployment after being let go of a job that couldn’t exist during a pandemic I decided I wanted to spend a good chunk of the money I was getting on new board games. Is that fair? Does that misrepresent how many board games I had previous to the pandemic? Previous to the pandemic my roommate (at the time) and I would host a number of game nights but a lot of the games we would play would be easy and quick party games. Certainly not very many of the longer board games that now fill my living room and are the main topic of this point and that I will eventually get to in the post. Memory is a strange thing. I walked away from the keyboard to try and better remember that time before the pandemic and what games we were playing and I can’t say I remember too well. I remember Catan because my friend Gabriel was obsessed with it and also Scythe but only because one of them mentioned it a few weeks ago. I can’t actually remember much of us playing nor did I remember it as I was playing Scythe with several new friends. I found a store that specialized in selling used board games at discounted prices and I started frequenting it a little before the pandemic but not very much. My friend Tyler and I had been given a large number of board games from our friend Gabriel after he left to go live in Korea for some time. None of the games were any good and they’d actually been given to him from one of his professors who was eager to donate them to someone with space. We traded in the games for $90 something dollars in store credit and used to that buy a couple new used games. As the months of the pandemic lingered on more people started trading in their board games as they found themselves with enough time on their hands to clean and organize their houses. Games that weren’t being played or required large numbers--something that was hard to imagine in those deep pandemic days--started to show up at the shop. Many of the games were ones I’d heard about as I started to get deeper into the hobby and so I would buy them hoping for the day to come in the future where my friends and I would finally get a chance to play them. But my friends started to move away during the pandemic. They returned home to be closer to their families as their jobs disappeared or they headed off to grad school after having the time to finally put together an application. And I collected board games. Something I still do now. I shuffle new ones I want to play right away into prominent positions on my bench in the living room while older games that aren’t being played or have never been played get shuffled to the sun room where they can wait out the winter until they are again summoned to potentially be played. The new games shine brightly as I browse through them thinking of the strategies I’ll try while I play them. The others gather dust in storage far from thought and likely to be forgotten like so many memories that run together as time moves on.

[cultvault]

“A cult memoir for smart people” - Helen Zuman’s “Mating in Captivity” is the giveaway memoir for November. Helen’s candid account of her time spent within the Zendik community is thought-provoking, heartbreaking and compelling. For a chance to win a copy: Follow Like Comment Winner will be chosen at random on December 1st. #memoirgiveaway #memoirmonday #monthlymemoir #monthlymemoirs #bookstagram #memoir #memoirwriting #memoirs #memoirwriters #memoirauthor #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways #zendikarrising #zendik #zendikfarm #wulf #wulfzendik #arolzendik #helenzuman #thecultvault #cultvault #cult #cultsurvivor #cults #cultsurvivors #cultawareness #culteducation #culty #cultleader #cultmindcontrol https://www.instagram.com/p/CWHAjFPgAoh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lisamariebasile]

I’m finally back to New York, for good! After a long month of mini vacations, time away, & family visits, I’m looking forward to the rest of this beautiful summer. Here’s what is happening: 🥀 July 21 @mndflmeditation Chronic Illness + Ritual #StrongWomenProject Workshop 2pm . July 28 @ 4:30 @nycpofest with At The Inkwell . July 29 @ 4:00 @nycpofest with Yes, Poetry . September 10 #MemoirMonday (with @narratively ) at @powerhousearena during @bkbookfest — I’ll be reading nonfiction . September 16, @hauswitch Word Magic workshop in Salem, MA . September 14 Circles of Wisdom workshop in Salem, MA 🥀 (at Manhattan, New York)

[marionannberry]

Happy Monday! G is for guest for today’s Blogging Through A to Z Challenge. What type of guest are you? 💫 You can find my latest blog in my bio. See you there. - - #atozbloggingchallenge #writingcommunity #memoirmonday #memoirwriters #amwriting #writersofinstagram #hotellife #hotels #travel #guestservices #leadership #happy #mindset https://www.instagram.com/p/BwAHtfqB8Y_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gmd11hetidt0

[sugoipilipinas]

[#MemoirMondays] Being a fan of Japan and its culture, most of us have dreamt of what it's like to study and live in Japan. One of our SUGOI PILIPINAS members, JP Salvacion, is currently living the dream as a student of Bridge Information Technology in Okutama, Tokyo.

On June 2014, JP graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology in the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P). Now, he is off to chase his dreams in the Land of the Rising Sun as he joined the third batch of students in BIT-Okutama this October 2018.

Bridge Institute of Technology-Okutama (BIT-Okutama) is a Japanese language school owned by Jellyfish Inc. that offers international training for Information Technology, Computer Engineering or other related courses.

JP will be sharing with us more of his experience, so stay tuned for more exciting posts! 🇯🇵

For more information, you may follow Bridge Institute of Technology - Okutama. You may also inquire about the student application at Jellyfish Education Philippines: MNL: (02) 570-1290; CEB: (032) 231-4434

[gabicoatsworth]

Writers' Rendezvous: April update - Part 2

Writers’ Rendezvous: April update – Part 2

Here, as promised, is Part Two of the April update. In addition to all the activities for writers that have specific dates attached, there are several things you can do that require almost no effort at all. (Hooray!)

For example, the Westport Libraryis offering a whole lot of online programming, from 6-minute yoga sessions with Kerri Gawreluk, to a video series (10 Questions for… which are video…

[lesnkay]

Monochrome Monday #Headwrap #HeadWrapGame #RespekTheDoek #Polkadots #ShadesofGreen #GreeningIt #MemoirMonday

[bigbignerd]

via Twitter https://twitter.com/katrina_rex

[cultvault]

The first #memoirmonday giveaway is all wrapped up. It was such a success. It’s really a wonderful thing to see so many people engaging with the podcast and the guests I have on the show. I am beyond extremely grateful to @ronitplank for being such a wonderful interviewee and for getting the giveaway project off the ground by giving away 3 signed copies of her compelling memoir When She Comes Back. Thank you so much Ronit. I am so excited to work with you again in the future. And one day sit down for that coffee ❤️ 📖 🎙 #memoir #memoirwriting #whenshecomesbackmemoir #memoirs #memoirsofmotherhood #memoirwriters #interviewee #guestspeaker #giveawayuk #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways #cult #cultsurvivor #cults #cultrecovery #cultawareness #culteducation #osho #wildwildcountry https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-ItlZhivE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lisamariebasile]

I’m finally back to New York, for good! After a long month of mini vacations, time away, & family visits, I’m looking forward to the rest of this beautiful summer. Here’s what is happening: 🥀 July 21 @mndflmeditation Chronic Illness + Ritual #StrongWomenProject Workshop 2pm . July 28 @ 4:30 @nycpofest with At The Inkwell . July 29 @ 4:00 @nycpofest with Yes, Poetry . September 10 #MemoirMonday (with @narratively ) at @powerhousearena during @bkbookfest — I’ll be reading nonfiction . September 16, @hauswitch Word Magic workshop in Salem, MA . September 14 Circles of Wisdom workshop in Salem, MA 🥀 (at Manhattan, New York)

[gothicvamperstein]

A book on my TBR. . . . #memoir #merchmonday #memoirmonday #bookstagram #bookmerch #bibliophile #bookworm #bookdragon #igbooks #booksarelife #readingiscool #readingissexy https://www.instagram.com/p/CHXjT-KAPnX/?igshid=ukvdk9gzpqk2

[the-treatment-center]

BOOK REVIEW: A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure: the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most-but getting yourself back in return.#MemoirMonday

[bigbignerd]

via Twitter https://twitter.com/katrina_rex

[cultvault]

The first #memoirmonday giveaway is all wrapped up. It was such a success. It’s really a wonderful thing to see so many people engaging with the podcast and the guests I have on the show. I am beyond extremely grateful to @ronitplank for being such a wonderful interviewee and for getting the giveaway project off the ground by giving away 3 signed copies of her compelling memoir When She Comes Back. Thank you so much Ronit. I am so excited to work with you again in the future. And one day sit down for that coffee ❤️ 📖 🎙 #memoir #memoirwriting #whenshecomesbackmemoir #memoirs #memoirsofmotherhood #memoirwriters #interviewee #guestspeaker #giveawayuk #bookgiveaway #bookgiveaways #cult #cultsurvivor #cults #cultrecovery #cultawareness #culteducation #osho #wildwildcountry https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-CfFUhuod/?utm_medium=tumblr

[craigboyko]

'Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world ~William Shakespeare #catacombesdeparis #memoirmonday #happyhalloween #staysafe