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Climate Roundup: Cliches run wild
Links to news about gas stoves, the derailed train in East PAlestine, Ohio, sanitation services, and more!
Reading Roundup: January 2023
Sharp Objects, Wintering, The Kaiju Preservation Society, Night of the Living Rez.
Reading Roundup: December 2022
Dinosaurs, The Hero of this Book, Dating Dr. Dil, Fen Bog and Swamp, Lapvona.
Books I loved in 2022
I read 61 books in 2022 for my own pleasure, plus another 17 in my capacity as a nonfiction book reviewer for Publishers Weekly. Halfway through the year, I moved to a new house with a bright, sunny living room; I rediscovered reading in natural light, sitting upright on the couch, sometimes with music playing… Continue reading Books I loved in 2022
2022, reviewed
At the end of the last year, I set my intention for 2022: focus. Focusing is hard for me. My attention is diffuse; I tend to collect interests, hobbies, people. By selecting this word, I hoped to trick myself into accomplishing some specific goals. I didn't want to have resolutions, but I actually did have… Continue reading 2022, reviewed