And at the end of a series — and the author died. Just…ugh. This happened to me after finishing Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s Labyrinth of the Spirits (book 4). He died of colon cancer in late 2020 at age 55.

I also found Robertson Davies 1 year after he died.

And Richard Brautigan 3 years after he passed.

I’ll wager you’re not in the US Southeast. I remember this ‘up North’ but nothing like this exists in many, many states.

Grew up in western PA. Wrestling has been huge for decades there.

Amazon says the book is only 240 pages long, so it’s like a novella? Or are they wrong (it happens)?

My husband wore a Jerry Garcia tie to our wedding. It was from his line of colorful ties.

I read all day long. In between chores, at appts, on lunch hour, waiting for my husband ot get home, at least 1.5 hrs before falling asleep. I’m pretty much reading 10-15 minutes at a time all day. All ebooks on phone and kindle. I belong ot a book share service and kindle unlimited so I can download as many as I want.

I read between 2 and 4 books a week. I’d never be able to read this much if I were buying books. And the storage would be insane. Don’t let budgets or space limit how much you read!

I’ve taken up the Buddhist philosophy of ‘material things only hold you back’ in the last decade.

I tried this too — missed my exit! But oddly, not with talk radio (like NPR). I can’t figure out what the issue is!

I’ve tried podcasts at least 10 times — I just can’t pay attention to them. My mind drifts and it becomes background noise. I’m an avid reader and prefer reading to videos or podcasts.

Shrek? Is that you?

Are they letting anyone flee?

To women. Any aid received from the US can only be received by a female representative.

This pic gives me the chills, every time I see it. The image looks….like humanoid bodies trying to get away from the camera.

But, age 13 makes this a little bit different.

Homeland Security should hire WH employees. No one ‘de-escalates’ like those brave folks. Do not mess with the WH. Take the bs over to the gas station.

A fall themed movie, titled, ‘Back to Glass’ coming soon.

I don’t even drink Coke Zero and this made me mad.

And during Covid, some idiot decided to stop making Coke Zero Vanilla. Now I have to drink sugar. I live in GA now and there are days I think about hoofing down there and making this blasphemy known. But, you know, traffic.

Is that Amy Sedaris in the background?! Love her and her brother.

Ohhh David Bromberg. He was touring again a few years ago. Such a lovely man.

Just looked him up — still touring. He has dates in the Northeast and Florida coming up.

But you can’t hear it, cause it whispers.

Yeah, our town stopped taking glass. You can drive it to the center if you want but prob not many do.

The paper bag waistband at its best.

Interesting. My husband is off ADHD stimulants for the first time since 1977! It was a brutal withdrawal but he said he’s not symptomatic at all anymore — has many habits in place now that help. So, this seems ot be a real adaptation over time.

The lack of musical instrument instruction in the elementary schools is so sad. Getting past that first year is hard — and starting that in middle school makes it even harder.

Definitely look into a music school that can give your guy a ‘tour’ of instruments.

Remember, music happens between the notes. My mentor (who also taught at Jilliard) would take a lot of time communicating the ‘how’ of musicianship.