This year, we’ve said goodbye to so many beloved authors. Here is a snapshot of ten of the monumental authors who passed away in 2024, along with one recommendation of a work that embodies their literary legacy. Source: 10 Beloved Authors We Lost in 2024 | Tertulia
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(Feature image: Photo by Mira Kemppainen on Unsplash ) Holiday wishes to those celebrating triumph over the encroaching darkness by the return of the light. Read more about how winter solstice is celebrated around the world in the article linked above. And special wishes as well to those in the southern hemisphere celebrating summer solstice.
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I don’t know what happened this year. My pad-your-year-end-statistics-with-these-short-books list is usually longer than this. Either I didn’t come across many short-book recommendations, or I simply didn’t faithfully add them to the list. Anyhow, here you go: Three individual book titles and three lists. Links for the book titles are to descriptions on Goodreads. Happy
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Update on Comments Glitch The cause of the problem has been traced to Jetpack. Jetpack support has informed me that “this is an issue that our development team is aware of and working to resolve. It will likely be fixed in the next version of Jetpack in early January.” So that’s where we are. In
My Continued Apologies The comment glitch on this blog continues. My hosting provider has been helpful in trying to track down the cause. In the meantime, here’s a trick that has been working for me: If you type a comment and hit the “post comment” button, you’ll get the message “submitting comment,” followed by nothing.
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My Continued Apologies The comment glitch on this blog continues. My hosting provider has been helpful in trying to track down the cause. In the meantime, here’s a work-around that may may work: If you type a comment and hit the “post comment” button, you’ll get the message “submitting comment,” followed by nothing. But, if
My Continued Apologies The comment glitch on this blog continues. My hosting provider has been helpful in trying to track down the cause. In the meantime, here’s a work-around that may may work: If you type a comment and hit the “post comment” button, you’ll get the message “submitting comment,” followed by nothing. But, if
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My Apologies After the migration to a new computer, I now find myself unable to reply to comments on my own blog. This pertains to all posts over the last couple of weeks. Please know that I do appreciate your comments and read every one of them. I won’t be able to start trying to
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My Apologies in Advance. After the migration to a new computer, I now find myself unable to reply to comments on my own blog. This pertains to all posts over the last couple of weeks. Please know that I do appreciate your comments and read every one of them. I won’t be able to start
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Week 4 (11/18-11/22) Mind Openers: One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is the way it can open your eyes to the world around you–-no plane ticket required. What nonfiction book or books have impacted the way you see the world in a powerful way? Is there one book that made you rethink everything?
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