"Bridget Jones' Diary" is one of my fav movies and I always watch it at least once during the holiday season. Since Bridget and Mark met at a New Year party her parents hosted, I plan to watch the movie this weekend.
What did you do for New Year and what are your plans this weekend?
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I did not finish Wuthering Heights before the end of 2025, so it is my first book of 2026.
A strangely happy ending for such a tragic tale.
My StoryGraph summary.
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My two favorite brands of (dark) chocolate are Tony Chocolonely’s and Hotel Chocolat. A local chocolatier does bean to chocolate and it is delightful. If you like chocolate, what are you favorite flavors or brands?
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“It is nothing is it, Ellen Dean?” he said sternly. “You shall account more clearly for keeping me ignorant of this!”
Dude, you haven’t checked on your wife in three days. That’s hardly the servants fault that you are ignorant of her state.
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I know what Wuthering Heights is now:
It’s the real housewives of 19th century England.
The petty dramas of selfish rich people.
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“Nelly, do you never dream queer dreams?” She said, suddenly after some minutes’ reflection.
“Yes, now and then,” I answered.
So far in Wuthering Heights every character is terrible.
I feel most sorry for poor Frances.
Did you have a good week? Mr. Lisa and I mostly worked from home, had a fabulous feast yesterday, and I started Heated Rivalry (iykyk). This weekend I'm working but Sunday is the day for write-ins and watching PBS with a bestie.
What are your plans this weekend?
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Here is a list of upcoming Jane Austen and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. There is a lot here from book clubs to movie nights & everything in between! Check the event websites for more information and details. 👉🏻 https://open.substack.com/pub/excessivelydiverting/p/austen-bronte-issue-38-virtual-online-events-winter-spring-2026?r=1ep55&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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“Joseph and I joined in an unsociable meal seasoned with reproofs on one side, and sauciness on the other.”
No Coward Soul Is Mine by #EmilyBrontë.
No coward soul is mine
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere
I see Heaven's glories shine
And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
O God within my breast
Almighty ever-present Deity
Life, that in me hast rest,
As I Undying Life, have power in Thee
Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts, unutterably vain,
Worthless as withered weeds
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main
To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by thy infinity,
So surely anchored on
The steadfast rock of Immortality.
With wide-embracing love
Thy spirit animates eternal years
Pervades and broods above,
Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears
Though earth and moon were gone
And suns and universes ceased to be
And Thou wert left alone
Every Existence would exist in thee
There is not room for Death
Nor atom that his might could render void
Since thou art Being and Breath
And what thou art may never be destroyed.
Whatever you celebrate this winter season, Excessively Diverting wishes you a warm, safe, and heartfelt holiday!
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“Employing an epitaph as harmless as duck or sheep, but generally represented as a dash”
I generally cringe when someone says “females”, but I guess I’ll let it slide this time because a woman wrote it two centuries ago.
While picking up gifts at the bookstore I went ahead and got myself a book. It is long past time I read Wuthering Heights.
Literarischer #19Dezember
„Ich werde dorthin gehen, wohin meine Natur mich führt. Es widerstrebt mir, mich von jemand amnderem führen zu lassen.“
#EmilyBronte Tod 1848
@darkedinburgh ❤️ Lovely #EmilyBronte quote!
Book 69 is "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë.
Edit: finished 11th December.
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