This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books That Conjure Up Happy Memories, and when I first saw it, I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to be able to come up with ten. I can name plenty of books I love, obviously. I can name books I’ve reread repeatedly, …
Cassie 
Nostalgia Isn’t the Same as Happiness
One of the things The Time Hop Coffee Shop does particularly well is sit with nostalgia without romanticising it. Nostalgia is seductive. It smooths edges. It filters memory through warmth and familiarity, making the past feel safer than the present. We remember how things felt, not how they actually were …