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My latest book review

#JewellParkerRhodes #BlackHistoryMonth

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Review of the Day: Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
I decided that I would look for a few children’s novels to celebrate Black History Month this February. I found a list of the best middle gr...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Review of the Day

#BestAmericanMysteryAnsSuspense2025 #ShortStories

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Review of the Day: Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 edited by Don Winslow
I like to read one or two short stories every day, if I can. I enjoyed collection of mystery and suspense stories. I liked some of the stori...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Red-winged blackbird

#The100DayProject #AnalogCollage
February 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Review of the Day: This Is Not About Us

#ThisIsNotAboutUs #NetGalley

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Review of the Day: This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
Goodman’s book is a collection of 17 short stories about three generations of the fictional Rubinstein family. In my opinion, the book is go...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Saturn Flower Collage

#EricCarle #The100DayProject

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Saturn Flower: Collage Number Six
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February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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White Flower

#The100DayProject #EricCarle

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White Flower: Collage Number Five
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February 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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My latest book review

#ChuckKlosterman #football

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Review of the Day: Football by Chuck Klosterman
I rarely watch American football, but I liked this book quite a bit. It is a series of more or less self-contained essays on the topic inclu...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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ORANGE FLOWER: COLLAGE NUMBER FOUR

#The100dayProject #AnalogCollage

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Orange Flower: Collage Number Three
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February 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Yes It Is a Cow

#The100DayProject #AnalogCollage

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Yes It Is a Cow: Collage Number Three
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February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Review of the Day

#PicturesOfBooks #ThomasPynchon

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Review of the Day: Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
In some ways Pynchon’s epic sprawling novel resembles a Donald Trump rally speech with multiple plots. Trump has said, “I do the weave. Yo...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Busy Spider Collage Number Two

#The100DayProject #EricCarle

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Busy Spider Collage Number Two
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February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Very Busy Spider Collage

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Busy Spider Collage
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February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Blue Beetle Number One

#The100DayProject #EricCarle

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Blue Beetle Number One
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February 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Beetle Collage Number One

#AnalogCollage #The100DayProject

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Beetle Collage Number One
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February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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A Dragonfly Collage on a Cold Day

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A Dragonfly Collage on a Cold Day
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February 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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I spent 15 minutes this morning making an art project

#AnalogCollage #The100DayProject

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Cat Face Collage
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February 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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The 100 Day Project is coming soon

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#the100dayproject
Coming: The 100 Day Project
We are coming up on the start of the 100 Day Project soon. I hope to make something — drawings, prints, or short writing on an index card ea...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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My latest book review

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#raybradbury #shortstories
Review of the Day Ray Bradbury’s The October Country
This collection of stories might be called quiet horror; for Bradbury the things we fear most are often the things we have hidden within our...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Review of the Day: A Medicine for Melancholy

#Books #RayBradbury

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Review of the Day: A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
A Medicine for Melancholy by Ray Bradbury is a collection of 22 stories, originally published in 1959.  My personal favorite story in the co...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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My latest review of Xiolu Guo’s newest novel:

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#CallMeIshmaelle #NetGalley
Review of the Day: Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo
I decided to request Guo’s retelling of Moby Dick from a female perspective because I saw a starred review in Kirkus Reviews that said “ The...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Recent Reading: The American Revolution

#TheAmericanRevolution #PBS

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Recent Reading: The American Revolution
I have watched a good part of the PBS television documentary and have been reading the companion book: The American Revolution: An intimate ...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Oak and Maple Leaf Gelliprint Made After Raking

#Books #GelliPrint

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Oak and Maple Leaf Gelliprint Made After Raking
Currently I am listening to Fela Kuti: Fear No Man which is available as an Audible audiobook or a free podcast where ever you find your pod...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Listening to Fela Kuti Fear No Man when I was inspired to make a maple leaf collage

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#FelaKuti #AnalogCollage
Fela Kuti Maple Leaf Collage
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November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Recent Reading: Wendell Berry

#TheMemoryOfOldJack #Books

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Recent Reading
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November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Review of the Day #OfficeOfHistoricalCorrections #Books

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Review of the Day: Office of Historical Corrections
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans is a collection of six stories as well as the title story which is a novella slightly...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM