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True Confessions Tuesday (by Jill)
So…. Yeah. The only thing I have to confess today is that I have not done any reading since Sunday. I’ve been…. Shit. I have no idea what I’ve been doing other than thinking about my upcoming family trip to Yosemite … Continue reading
Well it’s Tuesday….
And once again my “reading days” (that’s what I just now decided to call the days of the week when I am not responsible for adding new content to our blog) have passed and I find myself sitting in front … Continue reading
Sad News
Today at Postcards from Purgatory, our thoughts are with this guy, who announced to his social media contacts this morning that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He says that he plans to fight it and I have no … Continue reading
Lack of Progress on The Bone Clocks & Saturday Night at the Movies (by Jill)
Do you guys remember those posts I wrote last year about things I was doing while I was supposed to be reading Richard Powers’ Orfeo? I have a bad feeling I’m going to be writing another series of those while … Continue reading
What I was doing tonight while I was supposed to writing a real blog post:
I’m thinking of this post as an updated version of my old “True Confessions Tuesday” series… I stayed at work for an extra half hour working on the April DVM schedule because my boss and I were working on … Continue reading
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Some Cryptic Wisdom
I jotted this note inside the front cover of my copy of The Federalist. Because the cover no longer closes all the way, this phrase peeks out at me when I am crossing the room to pick up my knitting … Continue reading
Holy Democratic Process, Batman!
This is Emma with her big, beautiful eyes, asking you to please forgive her Mom for not writing a book review tonight. The Iowa caucuses are on: the Democrats look like they’re about to start the Hokey Pokey any minute … Continue reading
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A Review of William Rosen’s Justinian’s Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (by Bethany)
This is the sort of history book I love – multidisciplinary, oriented around synthesis rather than analysis, and not afraid to go into detail about a sex act that a certain former empress of the Eastern Roman Empire liked to … Continue reading
To Stave Off That Feeling of Helplessness (And, OK, Also Because HAMILTON SOUNDTRACK)
When I started reading The Federalist a couple of nights ago, I didn’t know that it was about to become a blog challenge. I just thought I was expressing my abiding love for THE HAMILTON SOUNDTRACK in a characteristically nerdy … Continue reading
Read-For-Maybe-Two-Hours Friday (by Bethany)
I was all set to start a new tradition today: Read-All-Day Friday. Friday is the only day each week that I predictably don’t have any work commitments, and since I’ve been feeling a little short on high-quality me time lately, … Continue reading
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