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#AuldLangSpine About Me @monalyisha
-My partner Linda and I met at a party in Long Island that I almost didn't go to, and somehow, 14 years passed. The upper left pic is from a Halloween party this year, me as a deranged emoticon, points for ID'ing Linda's character (think early 2000s TV, and not usually painted blue)
-I know it looks like we have a 2-headed cat, but this is Jem (left) & Scout (right), brothers as cute and cuddly as they come 👇

I finally started the patterned part of my aunt‘s lefthand mitten while I finished Richard Wagamese‘s memoir. It doesn‘t look like much of anything yet, but I feel like it‘s coming along faster than the righthand one did. We‘ll see if I still feel that way now I‘m past the first ten rows. #audioknitting

As I‘ve mentioned, I have appreciated Carter for years. I especially loved Vanity Fair when he was editor from 1992-2017. So I am partial to enjoying this book. If you didn‘t get to experience the brilliance of the writers & articles in VF you probably won‘t like this. Everyone he talks about is familiar to me, it feels a bit gossipy, and really ramps up halfway through. The money spent! The parties orchestrated! And Trump and his short fingers!

I can‘t thank you enough Denise for this thoughtful gift for our tree memorializing #preciousPoe. Your tenderness & empathy made both my husband & me cry.

This community‘s outpouring of support & love during this time has been such a balm of comfort. Thank you to every Litten! That‘s what we do best: care for each other as we read. 💚❤️💚

Obviously, I knew of Beyoncé and Solange—but not so much about Tina Knowles. Her memoir surprised me with its honesty about childhood hardships, family dynamics, and the complicated reality of raising superstar daughters. She‘s a self-made woman who‘s reinvented herself many times, and hearing her tell her own story made it even more powerful.

Things in Nature Merely Grow, by Yiyun Li (2025)
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Premise: An insightful, intellectual, literary, and unflinching memoir about life after losing two children to s—cide.

Review: This is obviously a book that deals with very serious and traumatic life experiences. So it feels a bit gross to swoon over it, but I simply cannot express how brilliant this is. ⬇️

Though I‘ve read Shapiro‘s fiction, this is my 1st foray into her memoirs, & I absolutely loved listening to her narrate her story. I found myself totally absorbed, listening at every opportunity. This transfixing tale opens when, at 54, after rather thoughtlessly submitting an ancestry DNA sample, she learns that her beloved father was not her biological father. With both of her parents gone, & only a few elderly relatives available to speak.

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