Maree('s) Muses

Long time no books! I’m here to share one of my recent reads, which shall sit on the throne above everything I have read this year so far. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell . In case you're not familiar with the title name (where have you been?), Hamnet, twin brother of Judith, was the son of William Shakespeare. A child that died of plague, supposedly, and as we all learned in literature classes the grief over that loss is reflected in a certain well known play of a similar name. This book is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding this tragedy hitting the family. Upon recommendations by booktubers Jen and Lauren , I couldn't resist buying it, as soon as I came across a copy. Also, it is SO PRETTY I MEAN LOOK AT IT!!! Dlouho nebyly žádné knihy! Jsem tu, abych se podělila o jednu z nedávno dočtených knížek, která usedá na trůn nade vše, co jsem zatím letos přečetla. Hamnet od Maggie O’Farrellové . Pro případ, že vám jméno v názvu nic neříká (kde jste byli?), Ham...

Hello and welcome to the 20’s!! And welcome here, the blog where nobody writes anything :-D Do you remember when I used to do regular annual reflective posts? The last one I did, stepping into 2018, was a sweet one. There was a lot of progress and positivity and hope. Then 2018 was a lovely year. Top of the decade I’m not afraid to say. Busy, active, positive, happy, strong… I could go on. The thing is, I never wrote it all down, because by the time I should have been writing my traditional reflection, we were in 2019 and life turned. Everything went downhill from there and I was so low and so dark that I didn’t have it in me to sit and write about how great the previous year had been. The darkness was all consuming. For a long time. Yet, here I am, still surviving, with a blog post on the “bad year” and I intend to graciously circle around the darkness and try to extract at least some positivity from it. It must be there somewhere, it must! Nazdárek, vítejte ve 20. letech!! A víte...

Hello, anyone still here? *walks in and blows the dust of the website* How are you all doing? I’m fine. Busy, as you might have guessed by the lack of blog posts. Turns out it’s really difficult to juggle a full-time job and writing energy/inspiration and free time. Who knew, huh? :D  Haló, je tady ještě někdo? *vejde dovnitř o sfoukne prach z webové stránky* Jak se všichni máte? Já se mám fajn. Mám toho hodně, jak jste jistě poznali z nedostatku blogových příspěvků. Ukázalo se, že je opravdu těžké kombinovat práci na plný úvazek a energii/inspiraci na psaní a volný čas. Kdo by to byl řekl, co? :D What we have always known, however, is that I have thing for writing about stuff that happened a long time ago. Starting a blog series and never finishing all that I planned (like all those lovely long posts from my first ever London trip yeeeears ago, e.g this one ). I thought I would try to make some progress on the series about my dancing. Co jsme na druhou stranu vždycky v...

Happy New Year, dear occassional readers! Welcome to the second year of bilingual blogposts. There were not that many, I know, but you must consider, I have to write all of them twice now ;) It would not be January without looking back at the previous year and making plans and finding inspiration for the future. So, here it is:   Šťastný nový rok, drazí příležitostní  čtenáři! Vítejte v druhém roce dvojjazyčných příspěvků. Nebylo jich sice moc, já vím, ale považte, teď je všechny musím psát vlastně dvakrát ;) Nebyl by to leden, abychom nezačali hodnocením minulého roku a plány a inspirací do budoucnosti. Takže tady jsou: Where is winter? I took this photo on 4th January. 

Hello hello, occasional readers of my occasional blog. How are you doing? Autumn treating you well? I’m here with another part of my seemingly endless ramblings about dancing. As ever, it has taken me ages to organize my thoughts and write them down properly (and then translate myself back an forth). Much longer than I anticipated… But hey, this blog has never been one for regular posts. Year long delays just happen :D The point is to get it done and get it out here, so here is another little bit. Ahoj ahoj, občasní čtenáři mého občasného blogu. Jak se vám daří? Je k vám podzim laskavý? Jsem tu s další částí mého zdánlivě nekonečného blábolení o tanci. Jako vždy mi dlouho trvalo utřídit myšlenky a pořádně je sepsat (a pak se překládat tam a zpátky). O dost déle, než jsem předpokládala… Ale tenhle blog nikdy nebyl na pravidelné příspěvky. Roční zpoždění, to se prostě stává :D Hlavní je to dokončit a dostat ven. Takže tady je další malý kousek. I might as well give up o...

Finally, I’m here with Part 3 of my series on dancing. Don’t say you have not been anxiously waiting for it. I know you have! :P Last time, when I told you about the uncertain first lesson full of doubts , I also told you that after that everything got much better, and I promised to share all the new and exciting things that I love about my classes. Well, here we are. Sorry about the delay. Konečně jsem tu s 3. částí mého tanečního seriálu. Neříkejte, že na ni nedočkavě nečekáte. Já vím, že jo! :P Naposledy, když jsem vám vyprávěla o první hodině plné pochybností a nejistoty, jsem vám také řekla, že potom se všechno výrazně zlepšilo, a slíbila jsem, že vám povím o všech těch nových a úžasných věcech, které mám na svých tanečních hodinách ráda. Tak jsme tady. Omlouvám se za zdržení.

Welcome to the second part of my series about how I took up a new hobby and what it did or didn’t do for my mental health. Click HERE , if you want to check out the introduction explaining fully how it came about. The gist of it, that you need to know, is that I signed up for a solo latin dance class for ladies and it was a big deal for me. Here is an account of how my first lesson went. Vítejte u druhé části seriálu o mém novém koníčku a jaký má nebo nemá vliv na moje duševní zdraví. Klikněte SEM , pokud si chcete přečíst úvod, který podrobněji vysvětluje, jak k tomu všemu došlo. Jádro pudla, které potřebujete znát, je, že jsem se zapsala na hodiny sólového latinskoamerického tance pro ženy a že je to pro mě fakt velká věc. Následuje vyprávění o první lekci.

Hello hello, this is an introductory post to a short series on how I took up a new (but not so new) hobby and it made me feel and think differently. I thought perhaps some of you people out there might find interesting or perhaps even inspiring, so I’m going to share the story. But before I get to the point, I want start in a wider perspective and lay out something for you to consider. Zdravíčko, toto je úvodní článek ke krátkému seriálu o tom, jak jsem začala s novým (ačkoli ne až tak novým) koníčkem a jak to změnilo moje pocity a mé myšlení. Napadlo mě, že by to mohlo některé z vás zajímat, či snad dokonce inspirovat, a tak se o ten malý příběh podělím. Ale než se dostanu k jádru věci, chtěla bych začít z trochu zeširoka a předložit vám něco k uvážení. The positive effects of physical exercise on mental health have been well documented. The internet is full of articles about this phenomenon. Everybody knows it: Exercise makes you feel better, apparently. Similarly, we al...

I'm thinking... of "rebranding". Renaming and redisigning this whole thing. But I cannot come up with a suitable name that I would be happy with. I need to be happy with it. Otherwise I will get tired of it in 3 years. about all the Music Monthly's I had not written, even though I still take careful note of all my favourite songs each month. about what kind of wallpaper I should buy for the bed corner of my room. a lot of negative and bad thoughts. I don't like them, but I cannot stop them. of sharing my mental health struggles on the newly reborn blog, but I'm not sure anybody is interested in reading about how a girl in Prague is depressed. that unless I change something, I am headed towards being the crazy single auntie. Probably owning cats or other pet animals. Parrots or canaries are a cute option too. the lot of challenges ahead of me (at work and such...) and the lack of holiday before and after them. a monthly film club I would like to do wi...