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April 2025 Favorites

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Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of April, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… Books MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS BY OLIVER…

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March 2025 Favorites

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Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of March, plus recent political news that I'm paying attention to... Books: Memoir: Memorial Days by Geraldine…

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February 2025 Favorites

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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 gravitate towards murder mysteries, but…

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January 2025 Favorites

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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 who decide to anonymously disrupt…

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Questions for the New Year {Plus my 2024 favorites}

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I love this pause in the year, these days between Christmas and New Year’s, between shopping and going back to school. It’s one of the only times that everything seems…

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December Favorites {2024}

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Here are books, podcasts, movies, shows, and essays that I enjoyed this December: 1. Episode 287: Julia Watts Belser - A Jewish Perspective on Disability. Here’s a helpful perspective on disability in…

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November Favorites {2024}

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Recent favorites—a podcast and two essays—that I enjoyed in November 2024: 1. The Antidote To Not-Enoughness | Robin Wall Kimmerer. I could listen to snippets of this conversation every day just…

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October Favorites {2024}

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Books, essays, podcasts, films, and more that have prompted me to stop and reflect during the month of October. 1. Special Hope Network. We have been supporters of Special Hope Network for over…

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September Favorites {2024}

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Favorites from September 2024: Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy. For anyone interested in how the idea of “fixed” and “growth” mindsets affect communities (and not just individuals), this book is…

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2 Good Books, an Essay, and an Introduction to Season 8

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I love taking a break from all sorts of things in the summer, and I also love returning to the rhythms of the fall. I’m especially excited to return to…

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