Currently reading: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 📚
Finished reading: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen by Hendrik Groen 📚my Dutch step-son said it was a world-wide bestseller. A pleasant read but nothing especially insightful.
Currently reading: The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo 📚
Currently reading: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen by Hendrik Groen 📚
Currently reading: The Fragile Threads of Power by V 📚
Currently reading: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade 📚
Finished reading: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 📚Weird, fun, sci-fi about a world where the magic is based on plants and fungi.
Finished reading: The Bear by Andrew Krivak 📚 A short novel that never grabbed me. I still don’t know what it’s about or why it was written. It was our Library book group selection so I’ll find out more when we meet next week.
Finished reading: The Fraud by Zadie Smith 📚 A novel that I very much enjoyed. It works at a bunch of different levels – a story about the past, a story about today.
Anyone want to help save a historic grand piano? I’m on the board of the Monadnock Folklore Society in New Hampshire and this instrument is well worth restoring. More information at www.monadnockfolk.org/about/hel…
I admit it, I’m doing some testing with this post.
Finished reading: Strong Songs of the Dead by Th Metzger 📚Interested in Shape Note/Sacred Harp singing? This book of short essays will be so gratifying. A bit of history, a lot of personal recollection, and for me, the sense of a kindred spirit who loves singing these old, dark, hymns.
Finished reading: Lifehouse by Adam Greenfield 📚Excellent book about local actions we can take to help our communities strengthen in preparation for the coming climate emergency.
Currently reading: The Bear by Andrew Krivak 📚library book group for December.
How do I do the Bluesky thing if my blog is on micro.blog, not self-hosted? I’ve tried entering https://micro.blog and agilelisa.micro.blog but neither is accepted. @help
Currently reading: Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes 📚
Currently reading: Practicing New Worlds by Andrea Ritchie 📚
Currently reading: Octavia’s Brood by Walidah Imarisha 📚
Currently reading: The Fraud by Zadie Smith 📚
Finished reading: On Beauty by Zadie Smith 📚Fun, thought-provoking novel by a present-day master.
Finished reading: In the Matter of Color by A. Leon Higginbotham 📚 Excellent though dense non-fiction about Colonial laws related to slavery. Our country has a foundation of sand, and evil sand at that.
Finished reading: In the Shadow of the Dam by Elizabeth M. Sharpe 📚Excellent non-fiction about the evils of capitalism back in the 19th century, 150 people died when a poorly built dam gave way.
Finished reading: Enlightenment by Sarah Perry 📚excellent novel set in Essex England. Love and loss, well told. Morris dancing plays a pivotal role at one point.
Currently reading: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 📚
Trying to build a new habit: 15 minutes of fiddle practice in the morning after I get to my office but before I begin working. There’s no one else in the building at that time so my caterwauling is heard only by me. #buddingmusicianat65