Currently . . . October 5, 2025

At the beginning of each month I've been participating in the "Currently" link-up hosted at Overflowing With Thankfulness. Our hostess Jennifer posts a set of action verb prompts for the month and writers respond. So, without further ado, here are this month's prompts and what's happening currently . . .

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Loving - Things I'm loving right now include:

The convergence of baseball and hockey seasons. Our baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, had a decisive win in the first game of the division playoffs, so that's exciting. Yeah, I know it's only Game One of the series, but they've had a strong season and we're hoping they can keep it up! (Edited to add: Got home from the show and everything today and saw that the Jays dominated again today and now have a 2-0 lead in the series!) Hockey season is starting and we've been to a Blue Jackets pre-season game, and have our tickets lined up for the rest of the season. 

We've been so eager for the new season of Only Murders In The Building, and it started in September so we are loving that!

I've been saying this a lot lately, but I love the weather we've been having! Perfect fall weather! Very warm sunny days, and comfortably cool nights. Perfect for fall fests, like the one at Timbuk Farms, where they have this wonderful mum field artwork. It's hard to see at the angle I had in this photo, but it's a sunset with a cardinal in one upper corner and an Ohio flag in the other.

 I got a new fall-theme garden stake when we visited Sugar Creek a couple weeks ago, and this weekend hubby brought me two of the fall planters I'd be eyeing. I love them all.

I think these are celosia, but they remind me of
the Lorax's truffula trees. :-)

Anticipating - at the time I'm writing this, I'm anticipating the Scioto Valley Chorus fall show which will be on Sunday afternoon. (It will be over by the time I actually publish and link up though, and maybe I'll take time to write a sentence or two about it, but maybe not.)

(Okay, here's the sentence or two! The show went very well and was so much fun. Our afterglow party followed the show and we got to hear from our quartets again, and of course they are amazing. We all have a well-earned day off from rehearsal on Monday and will be back on the risers the following week.)

Looking forward to - Thanksgiving, the Canadian edition. Since we'll have to work that Monday, we're celebrating on Saturday evening with friends. I still have to figure out the menu, but it will probably be a smoked turkey breast. That's what we had last year, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. 

Wearing - The weather has been so warm and beautiful that I'm still wearing t-shirts and haven't had much need for a jacket. I wear a very light one in the morning to go to work but certainly don't need it in the afternoon! I do have my flannel and some hoodies ready to go as soon as it cools down a bit.

Cooking - mostly quick and simple meals, and not very many this past week either, since we were busy most evenings. Hopefully we can take advantage of the nice weather and grill a couple of nights this coming week - I've got lamb kebabs I want to grill, for one thing. And as I mentioned in "looking forward to" I'm thinking we'll smoke a buttermilk brined turkey breast for Saturday. Probably roasted root vegetables to go along with it, and then some more traditional Thanksgiving menu items too.

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Here's a short Coffee Break Reading List . . . 

I'm currently reading . . . 

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden

The Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allen Poe

Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell (audiobook, so I'm listening)

  

 

More reading news and recent reviews are at Just A Second.

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Quotable (I've enjoyed hunting up little quotes to sprinkle into my posts, and I host a regular Wednesday Quotes link party based on interesting quotes, but I've still got such a collection that I have to keep sharing them!):

Consider this your invitation to stop by the current link-up and join us: WQ - Autumn Is Another Spring. The link-up is open for two weeks, and the next one will open on October 15th, with the theme "Daily Bread"

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Some fun things I've found during coffee breaks:

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What's currently happening in your life? Leave a comment and let me know! 

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