In about three months, this blog will celebrate its 20th birthday. I feel like the world of social media has changed drastically in those 20 years, and it is due to so many factors that I cannot begin to list. For now, I want to share some interesting items that I have read or watched or listened to recently. I hope some of them resonate with you out there in the wide world. History lessons Always a history junkie, I enjoyed listening to this panel discussion with Tad Stoermer about his new book, “A Resistance History of the United States”. I follow Stoermer on Instagram, but not consistently, I confess. (I follow too many interesting people, and try to not be on social media all the time!!) I will be buying Stoermer’s book soon from my favourite independent bookseller. It sounds extremely interesting, but also extremely important and timely. Stoermer…
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My last blog post did not have a correct title. I wrote “what I am reading”, but it was really a list of the books I had finished reading by the time of writing the blog post. Right now I am reading some really interesting books, but they must wait until next time. Now I want to share what I have read. Books have been “my friends” as long as I can remember. I love to read. My imagination can always run free in books, or I can escape into books for a breather from the real world. I also enjoy reading to learn and expand my horizons, but if my world feels too crazy or stressful, I admit that will choose escape over learning. That is fine because if reading refreshes and relaxes me mentally, then I can better cope with whatever is bugging me in the world. Some…
Comments closedI do love reading, and I decided to post about the books or articles I read here as a symbolic way to claim my own data. I was inspired to do this by Molly White in some article or podcast. I know. I am using WordPress on the site where I host my blog, but it is the best I can do for now. Anyway. The books. I now use the StoryGraph for logging all the books I read. A part of me needs and thrives on such lists. I was on Goodreads for many years, but I never used the community all that much. I was there to keep track of my books. Period. I did make some friends, but many are friends I know IRL. A friend on the other side of the globe suggested I move to StoryGraph to get away from one particular billionaire, plus I…
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