Finished reading: Number9Dream: A Novel by David Mitchell 📚While I love all the David Mitchell novels, this isn’t at the top of my list. On the other hand, he was only 33 years old when he wrote it.
Great characters, but some over-the-top violence that I found disturbing.
Currently reading: Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚
Finished reading: The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig 📚I hated this book. Seemed patronizing, minimizing the seriousness of suicidal ideation, with an overall “If you’re depressed, just get over it” feel to it.
Big ice storm on Friday, but not big enough to cause us to lose power. Just big enough to leave the trees encased in diamonds.
When you live in a cold climate and you’re trying to eat local fresh vegetables, you give thanks for carrots, Northern Spy apples, and treating parsley as a vegetable.
Finished reading: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara 📚Wow. I can’t easily say whether I liked it or not. But I’m definitely still thinking about it. It’s worth reading.
Finished reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 📚A nice, poignant, well-written novel about the Oxford English Dictionary and women’s lives circa 1900-1925.
Currently reading: The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig 📚
Currently reading: Number9Dream by David Mitchell 📚
Weird weather facts: for the past 2 days, it’s been 10 degrees colder at my office than at my home, only 3.5 miles (5.6K) away.
Yesterday: 2º F at home, -9º at the office (-16C and -23C) Today: 11º F at home, -1º at the office (-12C and -18C)
Home is 600 feet higher & on a slope
New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid - The New York Times
No Paywall wapo.st
The New York Times buys Wordle, the ultra-popular online word game
From the Washington Post 1/30/22, long haulers lose sense of smell and it may never come back Covid has changed the way I eat. Don’t take chances with omicron.
Quit reading: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 📚
Currently reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 📚
Researchers highlight COVID-19 neurological symptoms and need for rigorous studies
Well, duh. But I hope this press release means that research and rigorous studies are about to be underway.
Currently reading: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 📚though so far I don’t like it. Uninteresting characters and overall too scary for me. Should I keep reading?
Finished reading: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 📚I’ve enjoyed this series set in a medieval Russia fairy tale. Good characters, good magic.
Currently reading: Software Estimation Without Guessing by George Dinwiddie 📚
Currently reading: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara 📚
Finally figured out how to share it. I had to turn off my ad blocker first so I could see the share option. But don’t worry, I won’t share every day.
Wordle 210 3/6
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Finished reading: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell 📚Such a wonderful novel. As with most other David Mitchell’s I’ve read, I find myself slowing down my reading in order to prolong the experience.
“Covid zero is impossible with omicron, so what’s the point in even trying to reduce/slow transmission?”
Thread by @math_rachel on Thread Reader App
tl;dr: we should do our best to avoid COVID-19. I haven’t been skiing yet, because masks are no longer required at our ski areas.
long-COVID cognitive syndrome shares many features with the syndrome of cancer therapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI)
Brain fog is real.
Worst idea ever:
Opinion: Why is the U.S. trying to export its flawed health-care policies around the world?
Friends outside the USA, you need to fight this tooth and nail. We have terrible, and terrifying, health insurance and trust me, you don’t want it.