Just went to a Starbucks that is being closed. The employees and the local franchise owner found out 3 days ago that yesterday was their last day. The sign is already coming down out front. It went up 3 yrs ago.
There are reasons why our politics are being pushed to extremes.
If you love tennis, follow Steph @opencourt.bsky.social. You read about the trenches. How hard it is. And how there are a lot of decent people out there.
Spanish-Canadian Steven Diez, Davis Cup champion with Canada in 2022 and a dedicated tennis foot soldier for more than 17 years, has retired – and already has a new gig! Read all about it here:
There is something wholesome about showing up at the rink in May, and there’s a bunch of guys in the parking lot, around the trunk of car, enjoying a few cold ones after an evening game.
The writing did not bother me that much. I appreciate the short, direct sentences. Given her background and that English is likely her 2nd? 3rd? Language. And she is writing in the 20s and 30s, for the screen then novels, when that is not how someone like her would be expected to spend her time.
Fountainhead is good, although she makes the same points repeatedly.
That said - you can appreciate where she came from as an author, and how that inspires the book. And it forces the reader to engage, and agree or disagree. It’s good when a book does that.
