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The image shows the cover of a book titled "Aflame: Learning from Silence" by Pico Iyer. The cover has an orange and red color scheme with a radiating circular design in the center. The background behind the book cover is a scenic landscape featuring rolling hills, a body of water, a burning forest, and a monastery or church building, all enveloped in warm orange tones, symbolizing the theme of fire or intensity suggested by the title.

After the Fire

In 1990, as towering flames closed in around his California home, author Pico Iyer picked up his mother’s cat and ran to the car, hoping

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a collage of five book covers. From left to right: A book cover featuring a blonde woman in a light-colored blazer sitting on a couch. The title and author are partially obscured. "One of Us Is Lying" by Karen M. McManus. The cover has a red title with a handwritten style over images of four students with their faces obscured. "The Long Call" by Ann Cleeves. A blue-toned cover with an image of a coastal landscape, featuring a house and birds flying overhead. A black-and-white historical photograph of people with disabilities protesting, one holding a sign that says, "We shall overcome." A bright orange cover with large white and red text reading "Good Faith," accompanied by the authors’ names, Curtis and another partially hidden name.

February 2025 Favorites

Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of February… Books: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. I don’t typically

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collage of covers of books, podcasts and shows mentioned in post

January 2025 Favorites

BOOKS: Heretics Anonymous Marilee and I have been enjoying Heretics Anonymous on car rides together. It’s the story of a group of high school students

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