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What I Read in January, 2023

What I Read in January, 2023

My reading year began splendidly, with a big, fat, delicious novel, bought by me and for me in the week before Christmas, just for that purpose. It was followed by a few good mysteries, a memoir comprised of essays, and a couple of novels thoughtfully illuminating some difficult history through the voices of some compelling female protagonists. And as I’ve been doing for a few years now, I’ve made a few notes about each book in my handwritten Reading Journal and transcribed those notes here to share with you. Click through to check out my January Reading and do consider joining in the book chat that follows.

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A Busy Week, A Happy Surprise, A Couple of Outfits

A Busy Week, A Happy Surprise, A Couple of Outfits

My current theory for feeling too busy is that I’m still adjusting to a less restricted social life as we enter a fourth year of living with “that virus.” A privileged kind of busy, I know, the post-retirement variety. But I wrote about it anyway. Perhaps you can relate; perhaps you’ll roll your eyes. Read on to find out . . .

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Walking, Listening, Remembering (Or: Icon, OOTD, Flowers of Hope)

Walking, Listening, Remembering (Or: Icon, OOTD, Flowers of Hope)

Another post in my “Walking, Wearing Listening” series — and the podcast in my ears for this neighbourhood walk was about an amazing 92-year-old woman, a Holocaust survivor who is also an Italian Senator-for-life. I hope you’ll find as much inspiration as I did in her story.

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2022 Reading — Annual Book List

2022 Reading — Annual Book List

My Annual Book List — Title, author, and a very brief description of the books I read in 2022, with a link back to the monthly post with the reviews I wrote earlier in the year. So much great reading last year! Click through to see what I mean. . .

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This Old Dog, Beginning (Again), Not Quite a New Trick

This Old Dog, Beginning (Again), Not Quite a New Trick

In which post, some thoughts and words about the benefits of being a beginner. Of learning new things. Even when some of the new things are old things (because it turns out that when you’re almost 70, many of the old things can seem new again 😉 As my recent excavation of my decades-old stash of sheet music has revealed. I’m hoping you’ll read and connect and we can have a conversation about the benefits of learning new things (while disproving a proverb or two about old dogs). Click through, please. . .

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