Reminds me of lines I memorized in high school simply because they were true:
“We look before and after,
And pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;”
To a Skylark, Percy B Shelley
#poetrymatters

#tlt @dabbe
Survey https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-3
1. Which ones have you read? Not as many as I should have! Great to see a more diverse list than when I was teaching, but I do love Hemingway, Lord of the Flies, Crime & Punishment.
2. Share your score if you want to — 32
3. Which are your favorites — The Power and Glory, all Austen & Hardy novels
4. Tag a few — @Desha @RamsFan1963 @DebinHawaii

Enjoying a cozy, rainy morning, my dark coffee, and leisurely reading
#rainydayreads

#prayers

Always love an Ellis Peters mystery.
#roses #feelingthelove .
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#MentalHealthMonday 💛 1. Last week was hard — at least one former student lost her dad to deportation — I taught in the midst, literally, of southern CA farm fields
2. Eager to volunteer at the county jail .
3. Getting to know Litsy, reading more, and rain that we‘re supposed to get. 😊

I‘m tutoring incarcerated college-age young people and want to give them books. County officer says: “it has to be a paperback and appropriate (ie, no overly sexual content, no gruesome killings, etc)” — one of the girls has read all of #friedamcfadden books, and wondering if anyone here can give me suggestions for more books to get her — she loves #mysteries Thanks!

So true of our society

For #thosewhoworkorwatchorweep

Renewed love for the Psalms as these paraphrases spoke in clear words, expressing the various emotions experienced daily. #christiannonfiction #psalms

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl :
Still haven‘t seen the connection to Cinderella but I‘m only a third in. @Desha

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii 5 joys:
Joining Litsy because of @Desha sharing it.
Getting photo of my sons who live across the country.
My son‘s post-it note illustration.
Tutoring incarcerated young people.
Getting red and orange bougainvillea for our backyard.
💛 @purplebookends @dabbe

A few of the books read in 2024. Highly recommend #divineproverbofstreusal and #lionwomenoftehran