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Top 25 Books in 2025
I read (by eye or by ear) 174 books this year, and here’s my 10 favorite nonfiction and 15 fiction, listed by alphabetical order. Nonfiction Fiction (#1) I was thrilled to see the author was influenced by The Scarlet Pimpernel– the too shallow aristocrat/socialite couldn’t possibly be the outlaw Crimson Moth, who was helping persecuted…
2025 Christmas Letter
December 8, 2025 You know what the best thing about sitting down to write my annual Christmas nonsense? It means that my house is tidy, the gifts are ordered, the parties planned, the offspring settled, and the cats unmurdered. Ergo, this will be written later. Much later. December 14-16, 2025 Dear Beloveds, If we can…
Kyla as Artist
Kyla completed her Intro to Drawing class through the local community college this week. I remember thinking of her as an artist when she was younger, but the problem with siblings is that Piper eventually claimed the artist title. Obviously, more than one sibling can be creative and talented; I think in our household, Kyla…
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