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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Reading on the Rails: #IReadEverywhere

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 "This summer, The New York Public Library is celebrating the excitement and personal joy of reading with the hashtag #ireadeverywhere. Beginning on Aug. 5, we are asking all of you to join authors, librarians and other readers from all over the world to share your favorite — and unusual — reading spots, along with the hashtag and our handle @nypl, all in an effort to inspire others to pick up a book (or an e-reader) and start their own adventures."

 ~ Per the New York Public Library
I'm so happy (and relieved) to be riding the rails again. I now have almost 2 hours a day when I have NO EXCUSES but to pick up a book and read. I mean, I could read anywhere, anytime, anyplace, and everywhere -- so ... I try to. But, when reading on the train platform, it's important to WATCH THE GAP!

  via iTouch, despite the top left picture, I wasn't reading trash, thank you very much!

Book featured: Introvert Power: Why You Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength by Laurie Helgoe, Ph.D.


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