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Learning through Literature: Some Favorite reads of the past year…

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One of my favorite posts of the year is sharing top reads from the year before. While I feel like I learn something about myself or the world from almost every book I read- be it novel, poetry collection, or text book, I tried to make my Goodreads post this year an even split between fiction and non-fiction- to really lean into the “learning” theme. 2024 was a very strange year for me with a lot of grief, worlds of wonder, and tons of rediscovering myself as I began adventuring with a whole new group of people as well as some long time very dear friends. I think my favorite reading experiences reflect all that. (PS: honorable mention goes to Emotional Labor which I’ve already recommended several times throughout last year so I didn’t think I needed to get into it again here…) OK, let’s get into it… Continue reading →

I’m back! A little catch up and a look at 2025…

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OH faithful readers of this blog… if any of you are still out there and still reading, I’m sorry about how I left you hanging the final months of 2024! It turns out training for an ultramarathon takes a LOT of time and brain space and I didn’t even realize how behind I’d gotten until the year was almost over. By then, I didn’t even have it in me to do a year end wrap up so… suffice ti too ay, I love my kids, I spent a lot less time thinking and writing about kaleidoscopes last year than I thought but I am still obsessed with them, I ran a TON of kilometers in 2024, and I did indeed keep moving forward on race day. As for knowledge, that’s being repackaged as an L for this new year… Continue reading →