Books
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Reading Roundup 2024: The Best, the Disappointments, and What’s Next
It’s the time of year to reflect on everything that has happened. So here are the best and also the somewhat disappointing books I’ve read lately. My goal was to read 50 books, and it may end up a failure, I’ve accepted that. Maybe I can still fit in a…
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The Cheeto Prez Again
Congratulations to Kamala Harris, she didn’t win the most important USA election of everyone’s lifetime but she majorly won all the electoral college votes of New York, where I live. She was preferred by 64% of voters here, from what I saw on PBS Newshour a few days ago. New…
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Spooky Season
(A content warning for minor spoilers about the movie “Monkey Man” and for talking about calories) Happy Halloween! The current moon phase is called “new” and it’s when the moon is completely dark, so that is a fun and appropriately creepy coincidence. My understanding of the New Moon is it’s a…
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Summer Solstice and 2024 Mid-Year Updates
I was so negative in my mindset the last time I posted on the blog. During the full Strawberry Moon and longest bright hot day of summer I decided to make some efforts toward keeping a more cheerful disposition and happy attitude going forward (if possible). My meditation habit is…
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Falling Short of My Ambitious Reading Goal Again
Goodreads is controversial for some people but I still use it to track my reading habits. They have a yearly “Reading Challenge” (everyone can set their own preferred amount) and my end of year report claims I’m in the “top 25%” of their readers having hit 88% of my goal.…
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Reading Books Challenge
My ongoing reading goal is to read 50 books throughout the year. I honestly haven’t acheived this for a while but I know it’s possible for me, I’ve gone through that many books before, and I have a few ideas how I might get closer in 2023. The audiobook app…
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