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Somehow, listening to Dick Van Dyke read his book is just as calming and soothing as watching him on TV. It must be his voice. There is just something about his general happiness that makes you feel happy, too. He just generally makes you feel like, eventually, everything is going to be alright. That‘s so vital at the moment, the ability to have a little hope.
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A beloved post-apocalyptic novel set in 2024-27 America, one where the water is scarce and society as we know it has collapsed. It‘s such a trip reading this during the time it is set, knowing it was written over 30 years ago, and realizing how much Butler got right.
These novels always make me wonder how I‘d cope in a fight for survival during a new world order. Not well, I‘m thinking! Loved the connection to nature and “Acorn”—love that name!

A new #HolidayTradition started last year is baking and frosting Christmas cookies with my niece. We got together over the weekend and had a blast
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

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#holly
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#wintergames2024 @StayCurious @Liseworks @HolidayBookDragons
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I love me some Neil Diamond. 🖤

I did not realise this was a series- can totally go in blind though and easily “catch up“. I was intrigued by the cover at the Lib & this is a case where maybe I could've been more discerning. I didn't really feel like the characters made life like choices, particularly Rarity. I also felt the attention to her dog was odd, out of place. Plus the narration annoyed me haha

My copy of Little Women was the last birthday gift from my sister who passed away 8 months later.

It‘s old and fragile. Printed in Glasgow with the original owners name and address inside. 🩷

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“But when the Elder appeared on the gallery he began by making straight for the common folk. The crowd was pressed against the small porchway with three steps that connected the low gallery with the field. The Elder stood on the topmost step, put on his epitrachilion1 and began to bless the women who were crowding towards him.”

#MatryoshkaBros

I surprised myself with a stop at the thrift store today and found a few well-loved copies of old Hitchcock story collections, plus a Grady Hendrix, a copy of Wolf Hall, and a novel by Argueta which will fit nicely for El Salvador in the #readingtheamericas challenge.
I‘m pretty pleased with myself- now to find space for them on the crammed shelves.

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A perfect Sunday morning:⁣
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✔️ Coffee & bagel⁣
✔️ Sunshine⁣
✔️ Spectacular views⁣
✔️ The sound of crashing waves⁣
✔️ Soft tropical breezes⁣
✔️ 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 by 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇, the 4th installment in his Orphan X series
✔️ San Francisco 49ers' first home game of the season being broadcast here in Hawaii⁣
✔️ Family arriving on Maui today!

#Paradise
#Priceless