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Whew! Just in time for the draw tomorrow morning!
2025 Book of the Year - August update
Life is a comedy of disorientation about people who believe in, commit to, and act on the erroneous.
A mondegreen is a misinterpretation the ear makes of a spoken (or sung) line. The term is derived from part of a folk ballad-- “They have slain the Earl of Moray/ And laid him on the green“-- which was misheard by Sylvia Wright (who coined the term) as “They have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen.“
I'd learned that the best response to a world conspiring against you is not to isolate yourself but to throw yourself more wholeheartedly into it.
Sometimes you need to treat yourself! Happy Friday!
pickJay is an artist; lives his life as one (many?) experience-immersed art project/s. When Covid hits, he is in NYC just barely surviving when he delivers groceries to a wealthy enclave — he comes face 2 face with his lover Alice from 20+ years past who had run off with his best friend. I liked it mostly for amazing sentences but the drug use was extremely off-putting to me. Lots of interesting thoughts on “what IS art?” 🖼️ Low pick #Aug2025 #ToF
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Before the notoriety of John (Revé) Walsh & ‘America‘s Most Wanted‘, there was Stan & Julie Patz.
Etan‘s story will stay with me for a very, very long time. I‘ll be placing this on my permanent shelf? I highly recommend this read.
