Lit Lists for the End of 2025
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I’m a list-maker. I love writing things down, crossing things out, circling, starring, and highlighting. So I
A Season for Kitchen Reading
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At our holiday table this past week, the question came up from one of the members of the
Faring Well in the Farewell
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Last week I went to a celebration of life for a friend. She had started to travel more
Open Book: A Little Lake Reading for the Winter
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I first dipped my toes into Lake Michigan before I could walk, visiting my grandparents’ cottage with my
In Defense of Reimagining the Classics
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Tonight I’m heading (down the street – lucky to be able to walk to so many things in
Dear reader
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When was the last time you wrote someone a letter? I sent two last week – one to a
Listening to a Great Read
This past week I had two seven-hour stretches of driving by myself (with my beagle) to and from Northern Michigan.
A Festival of Books
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As much as I love reading by myself there is something so energizing and uplifting about going to
On Wandering, through Cities and Books
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If one of the most magical things is a few hours to yourself in a new city, it
Reverberations
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It was at a staff meeting when the seven of us were talking about octopus consciousness that I
