November is such a grey and gloomy month, isn’t it? As I write this, the sun rises at 7:29 am and sets at 4:02 pm, and those precious daylight hours are only going to get worse before they get better. However! November is also the month of Tiny Secret Festive Season, which morphs into Full […]
Archives for November 2025
Small Appliance Chaos
November 24, 2025 by
I spent a lot of time in the kitchen, although less time than I used to, back in the days when the kids were in school and it felt like at least fifty percent of my one wild and precious life was spent procuring, preparing, and cleaning up after said procurement and preparation of food. […]
Minor Mysteries
November 17, 2025 by
I know you were all waiting on the edge of your seat for the next thrilling episode of Nicole and Her Coffee, and I am happy to relate that you can all breathe a sigh of relief. My new coffee maker has arrived! Isn’t it beautiful? I’m hoping that German engineering will break the long […]
Coffee Crisis
November 10, 2025 by
Every single morning, the first thing I do after waking is carefully make my way down the stairs and pour my pre-measured water from the coffee pot into the appropriate receptacle in the machine, and then press start. After that I drink two big glasses of water and head to the bathroom for my morning […]
If These Were Physical Books, It Would Be An Avalanche: Paris and Morocco 2025 Reading List
November 6, 2025 by
Thanks to long plane rides, airport stopovers, and bus journeys, I read a LOT on my trip to Paris and Morocco. I am ever so grateful for my Kobo and e-reader technology; isn’t it amazing how many books can be “packed” in such a slim way? City of Night Birds. I have always thought the greatest […]
It’s Tiny Secret Festive Season!
November 3, 2025 by
Don’t Call It A Comeback The first of November marks the start of Tiny Secret Festive Season, and if you don’t know what Tiny Secret Festive season is, that’s because it’s something I made up back in 2019. I created the season to combat the subset of people who have things going on in their […]
