Button Book Review: Try Hard

By: Candice Buttons February 6, 2026February 17, 2026 ButtonReviews, Candice Buttons, Winterart, artist, band, book review, books, Canada, create, creativity, memoirs, music, reading, tbrLeave a Comment

Title: Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress Author: *Max Kerman Cover Photographer(s): Kate Sinclair and Tom Mike Hill Type: Audiobook Genre: Memoir Publisher: Penguin RandomHouse Canada The word I would use to describe Max Kerman’s book would be ‘refreshing’. At no point is he a try-hard, just genuinely trying, and that means everything. Try Hard…

Poem: Burn Me Up

By: Candice Buttons February 3, 2026 Candice Buttons, Poetry & Other Writingdeath, familly, life, poem, poetryLeave a Comment

Just burn me up. I’ll be old and grey. 105. Sun on my face. I’ll be surrounded by love. All the pieces of my heart tucked securely in theirs. The rain will be falling, thundering above. I’ll be hand in hand with the boy I love best. In a quiet dream. Eternal rest. I’ll be…

Poem: Remember Me

By: Candice Buttons October 10, 2024September 21, 2024 BeadsBobblesButtons, Candice Buttons, Poetry & Other Writing, ThursdayThoughtsdementia, family, family tree, grandchildren, grandmother, grandparents, mammy, memoryLeave a Comment

Sometimes it feels like life isn’t fair. Dialing the phone on a wish and a prayer. Who will she be? The voice on the line. Young Wild Broken Old Will she know me? My name? My face? Can she feel it? The line that we trace. Sometimes it feels like life is unfair. But 98…

Fire Prevention Week

By: Candice Buttons October 7, 2024 Autumn, Candice Buttons, Moving Buttons, Seasonal, The Button Brigade, The Buttons, Workable Wellnesschildren, family, fire prevention week, fire safety, home educator, homeschool, parenting, safetyLeave a Comment

(Updated for October 2024. Originally posted in October 2019) October 6th kicks of Fire Prevention Week. Children across the country will not only be learning about how to help prevent fires but also what to do if there is one. This is an important safety step for all children. Learning it, briefly, at school isn’t…

Poem: Rich Rich

By: Candice Buttons September 12, 2024July 28, 2024 BeadsBobblesButtons, Candice Buttons, Poetry & Other Writing, ThursdayThoughtsCanada, family, growing up, mothering, parenting, poem, poetry, writingLeave a Comment

You came up rich? Tweed coats in the hall closet meant only to cover Sunday bests. Wooden beads clacking, cascading down as you walk through the kitchen door, Coconut boiling down down down to oil in a jar. So you were rich rich? Thick carnation milk spinning the colour wheel in her cup of tea.…

Throw It Out

By: Candice Buttons August 15, 2024July 14, 2025 BeadsBobblesButtons, Candice Buttons, ThursdayThoughtsadulting, boundaries, diaries, journaling, life, memoriesLeave a Comment

“Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.” -Louisa May Alcott Some things don’t deserve to be retold. Every once in a while I’d come across my stash of journals. I’d turn them over in my hands trying to decide if I could stomach opening them. How bad a day…

Top5: Summer Vibes On NetflixCA (2024)

By: Candice Buttons August 13, 2024August 11, 2024 ButtonReviews, Candice Buttons, Seasonal, Summer, ThursdayThoughts, Top 5audiobooks, autobiography, books, Canada, canadian authors, memoirs, novels, reading, reviews, Young AdultLeave a Comment

Don’t let all the back-to-school posts fool you, Summer is still here and there are still movie nights to be had! If you’re looking to curl up on the couch with some ice cream or set up a projector in your backyard with friends, here are a few movie and show ideas you can find…

Poem: Dinners With Mom

By: Candice Buttons August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 BeadsBobblesButtons, Candice Buttons, Poetry & Other Writing, The ButtonsCanada, children, dinner, family, family dinner, food, kids, parenting, poem, poetry, writingLeave a Comment

“I’ve never seen that before” They’ll say. “I bought them when you were young, but no one liked them.” “ That smells amazing!” They’ll opine. “ I made them a few times when you were kids, but you scrunched up your nose.” “I’d love to try that.” They’ll announce. “ We did when you were…

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Welcome to BeadsBobbles&Buttons! I’m Candice, a would-be writer, veg-lover, cusser, amateur designer, crocheter, home educator, poor excuse for a yogi, medium-talented seamstress, reader, show binger, wife, and Mama of 4! I hope you’ll join me here, as I follow my passion for health and wellness, hone my writing skills, and work to raise a healthy,…

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