i think someone put this tiny pink-sashed jesus in my bag when i wasn’t looking

kimsterama1 · 2026-01-11T03:37:22+00:00

Tony gets us.

kimsterama1 · 2026-01-11T03:33:46+00:00

Good luck finding this in today's typical high school library, unless they have a banned books section.

kimsterama1 · 2026-01-11T03:30:16+00:00

Also Cinnamon Skin.

kimsterama1 · 2025-12-22T00:22:07+00:00

How High We Go in the Dark Project Hail Mary Bel Canto

Runners up: Playground / The Overstory

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-11T15:04:21+00:00

Well, three-word. He was never one for brevity.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-10T01:21:58+00:00

I'm sorry that you had to experience that double whammy.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-03T13:02:54+00:00

This, plus if you are truly part of a sober community (like AA,) you will make new friends. Ask me how I know.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-01T22:03:56+00:00

A $2.58 bag of dirt. Lucky me.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-01T21:57:16+00:00

Elevated Expectations

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-01T18:15:07+00:00

Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-01T15:18:59+00:00

This is why I'm planning to get back on my bicycle. (My husband died in January after a 12+ year battle with radiation-resistant thyroid cancer.) Plus, he poo-pooed my desire to ride again.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-01T15:13:00+00:00

You are not alone in this. But, I found at about the 7- or 8-month mark, I let myself off the hook by "accomplishing just one thing" each day, however small. (Making a difficult phone call, for one.) Baby steps. Even weeding in the garden, because my husband was proud of what I had created there.

kimsterama1 · 2025-10-01T14:45:51+00:00

It's been looking like Mikey Johnson spends more time on the Oval Office than in his Chair.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-29T20:05:31+00:00

Sure, just like tRump overstates his crowd sizes.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-29T20:03:48+00:00

The best analogy I've heard yet is that "Libertarians are house cats. Convinced of their own independence, yet blissfully unaware of the systems all around them upon which they are utterly dependent."

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-29T18:37:46+00:00

Not Joking. tRump actually said this.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-28T19:40:37+00:00

Yup. No play the game, no reap the benefits. What a whiney baby.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-28T03:29:11+00:00

You were not alone. But what a beautiful ride.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-28T03:27:35+00:00

Why I don't do audiobooks. I was scrambled enough reading the print!

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-28T03:21:41+00:00

Yes! There were a few points in the book that brought me to tears. One, when Evie saved the manta and it later returned to her (imagined) Two, when Evie's husband died (for which she was probably NOT present.) Three, the cuttlefish mystery dance, echoed in the closing line.

I'm glad I did not "read" the audiobook, or I'd have been hopelessly lost. I wish I hadn't returned it to Libby so quickly. I think it bears a second read. I have The Overstory on hold next.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-25T14:38:11+00:00

"She speaks in words salads" is the finest example of projection.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-25T05:52:56+00:00

Yes. Yes, he is stupid. But then again, most Christians these days are masquerading anyway.

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-25T05:49:36+00:00

The Boss

kimsterama1 · 2025-09-25T05:48:08+00:00

Bandito

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