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The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker (cover) Image: black text over a graphic picture of a circle of colorful watercolor blobs
August 23, 2022November 5, 2025 Carol

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters [Book Review] #NonFiction #bookx #booksky #blogger

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris (white text over a midwest prairie)
July 21, 2022August 7, 2022 Carol

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday #NonFiction #Memoir

Memoir Reviews (collage of two covers)
May 13, 2022 Carol

Bomb Shelter [Book Review] and I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet [Book Review] #Essay #Memoir #MentalHealth

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett (cover) Image: a watercolor picture of a small dog lying on top of a soft chair or sofa
March 11, 2022 Carol

These Precious Days [Book Review]

Quiet by Susan Cain (cover) Image: red and white lettering on a muted gray background
February 11, 2022July 8, 2026 Carol

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking [Book Review] #nonfiction #booksky #bookx

June 17, 2021 Carol

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World #ThrowBackThursday

April 12, 2019June 16, 2021 Carol

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World [Book Review]

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