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Month: July 2020

2020 Reading – Mid-Year Review

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 / sarahsss / 1 Comment

One thing I can say for #stayinghome, it's been good for reading. It's the weekends, in particular, that have opened up with stretches of time not spent hanging out with friends or doing grocery shopping or going to the movies. I miss those activities. I long for a return to certain aspects of "normal" (while … Continue reading 2020 Reading – Mid-Year Review

On Being a Credulous Reader

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 / sarahsss / Leave a comment

As a young person, I read virtually everything by Kurt Vonnegut and I took it completely at face value that in Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim had come unstuck in time. I accepted that he toggled between periods in his life, including his time as the male half of a human pair in a zoo on the … Continue reading On Being a Credulous Reader

Notions, early July edition

July 4, 2020 / sarahsss / Leave a comment

In Dani Shapiro's Devotion she describes the yogic idea of samskara, which describes "the knots of energy that are locked in the hips, the heart, the jaw, the lungs. Each knot tells a story—a narrative rich with emotional detail. Release a samskara and you release a story." It makes for a potent, poetic image, as … Continue reading Notions, early July edition

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