Merry Christmas! (and a gratuitous Fantasy Train Ride)
This will be the first Christmas Pater and I have ever spent on our own, just the two of us, as is likely the case for many of you as well. But a few years…
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Dresses and Selfies and Masks and Filters at Christmas
(Subtitle: Retail Therapy and Dressing for the Online Gatherings. . . . Alternate subtitle: Justifying unnecessary purchases during a Covid December) Whether it’s another effect of the pandemic restrictions or not, I’ve been finding that…
View PostA Bit of Random Cheer, 3rd Monday in Advent. . .
Odds and Ends this morning, and then I’m off to meet my sister for a walk in the rain — walking together outdoors is the only socializing we’re currently permitted here, outside of our immediate…
View PostNovember Reading — and Book Chat to See the Year Out
My November reading didn’t begin as auspiciously as did recent months’, but it was full of gems nonetheless. Here’s the list: — Terry Hayes’ I Am Pilgrim (international political thriller) — Elif Batuman’s The Idiot (literary fiction;…
View PostAn Advent of Adjustment — Christmas Preparations in the Time of Covid. . .
This is another of those Posts Interrupted (like this one, posted several weeks ago). I’m not sure why this pattern seems to be trending here lately, procrastination and interruption and determination to complete jostling for…
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