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This is as good as it gets! Reading is a highly subjective pastime. I might hate a book you absolutely love, and you might dislike a book I perceived as the second coming. Several decades ago, I realized that I do not have to finish a book once I started reading it if it doesn’t grip me by the first couple of dozen pages. I toss it aside and move on to something more appealing from my…

Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Now that the State of New Mexico has successfully sued you/Meta for knowingly building predatory and addictive algorithms into your platforms, is there a chance for any kind of restitution for an elderly boomer for the hours upon hours I have wasted doom-scrolling Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. I hopped on that addictive hampster wheel a few years ago and have regretted…

Anyone who has ever owned a pet understands the extreme grief we experience when a beloved pet reaches the end of the yellow brick road and crosses the rainbow bridge. It is agonizing. I’ve had dogs for most of my life. I grew up with yellow Labrador retrievers, although as a child I didn’t fully comprehend the positive impact those lovely creatures would have on my entire life. For the first…

I never make New Year’s resolutions which means I never have to deal with the shame and stress of inevitable failure. Sure . . . I’d love to lose ten or fifteen pounds, and I’d love to swear off Kawartha Dairy’s pralines ‘n cream ice cream for the rest of my life, but I know these things are never going to happen. The same applies to starting a conscientious exercise program, and plans to eat…

Wow! I can’t remember the last time I spontaneously applauded at the end of a movie, but I did after the credits starting rolling for The Housemaid, based on the 2022 novel by Freida McFadden. Ordinarily, I would not sign up to see a psychological thriller, but I didn’t know what the movie was about when three of my gal pals and I ventured off for the weekday matinée. I’d seen Paul Feig, the…

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