Category Archives: Ramblings

The Book Was Better (and other reasons why Hollywood sucks)

Posted on April 22, 2021 by angelikarust

Right. I may be extremely late to the party, since the movie this rant is centering around came out in 2010, but for all I know nothing has changed much since then. It’s Percy Jackson, and if you haven’t read … Continue reading →

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Women?

Posted on July 6, 2020 by angelikarust

First of all: Yes. It’s my conviction that trans women are women. Now for the difficult part. I’ve been thinking a lot about the issue over the course of the past few weeks, ever since you know who wrote her … Continue reading →

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Everything sucks? Have a book.

Posted on April 2, 2020 by angelikarust

I’ve been thinking these past weeks whether I should write the obligatory Corona blog post, but hey, let’s be real. I’m not a scientist, and the last thing we need is another not qualified opinion. I have a million thoughts … Continue reading →

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New Year, Traffic Jams, and Jobs No One Wants

Posted on January 14, 2020 by angelikarust

It’s not too late for one of those Happy New Year posts, is it? Sigh. What can I say, I’ve been busy. Not with any writing related issues, unfortunately. Instead, I did all the after-vacation laundry and other stuff, built … Continue reading →

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Here’s to Another Decade

Posted on November 28, 2019 by angelikarust

Recently, the notion that we’re reaching the end of the decade has been popping up all over my newsfeed, together with the invitation to reflect on what we have achieved during those ten years… I don’t like the word achieved. … Continue reading →

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Days in Tarvisio, or The Things We Do For Our Kids

Posted on August 21, 2019 by angelikarust

This summer, when we asked the kids where they wanted to go, they surprisingly said “mountains.” Not that they’re much into hiking, it’s just that ever since we took them to Tyrol, Austria, at one point in the past, they’ve … Continue reading →

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Summer Days…

Posted on August 19, 2019 by angelikarust

…are over. Not summer as such, not yet, but the holidays are. Those bright, endless days of sunshine and adventure, of laissez-faire and savoir-vivre. How I wish each and everyone of us were able to properly cultivate that attitude, to … Continue reading →

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A Game called Fear

Posted on July 1, 2019 by angelikarust

My 8-y-old daughter has recently attended a so-called safety training in school, the kind where kids are supposed to learn to say no to unwanted attention, and to identify bullies and manipulative strategies and such. Coach tried to make it … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Cuddly Toys

Posted on February 12, 2019 by angelikarust

I’m forty-one, but I have a toy donkey. Her name is Harriet. I purchased her for the simple reason that she was irresistibly cute, sitting there on the shelf with those huge eyes and tiny hooves. The kids were completely … Continue reading →

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More Self-Doubt, Please

Posted on January 21, 2019 by angelikarust

Yesterday, while stupidly making the mistake of engaging with a known troll – yeah, I know, don’t judge me, we’ve all been there, and huge thanks at this point for all the supportive messages that flooded my inbox all evening … Continue reading →

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