Welcome to Litsy!

Right in the feels! Admirably spare in text and imagery. It takes so little to conjure up the shared human experience, holding two truths in mind: We don't know how long we've got; we can treasure the moments spent together now.

No big revelations here, feels patchworky. Capitalism & wage labor. Productivity, time management, task-oriented vs. schedule-oriented work, efficiency, nature, planetary time. Leisure, rest. Fungible time. Divisible time. Time & attention. The self-timers & the timed. Biggest question: is reading this a good use of time? 2023

66 “If you don‘t know what‘s coming down the line, preparing for the future becomes an infinite task.”

A wonderful blend of history, culture and travel in Japan.

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Carlo Rovelli is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. He has a knack for explaining complex quantum physics with ease, but he‘s also poetic and philosophical about life. His prose is beautiful and a joy to read! 5-star book! ⭐️

My treat to myself when I took my mother in law and kids to the mall today… I was able to sneak away and peruse B&N 😊

Got together with friends yesterday and received the best belated birthday present- a clock that has a quote from a book for each minute of the day. Love it so much!

Reading Ben H. Winters new novel while making grits for breakfast. Have loved Ben H. Winters ever since reading The Last Policeman trilogy.

I'm bailing on the book not because I don't like it but I'm not in the mood for it. Will.pick up again later.

Poor Allie is kidnapped from a playground, leaving her child in the sandbox. Soon after, Grace, who works at a mid level job at the FDA, comes across a photo of Allie in a hospital bed with some sort of odd port inserted in her body. That starts this mystery of who exactly is Allie and how did this port come to be embedded in her body. I found this to be a far fetched story about harvesting time from unsuspecting patients.

Ben Winters never disappoints. He's in the same class as Blake Crouch and Rob Hart, creating twisty, mind-bending science that comes across as possible. This book is a mix of a thriller and a horror about what would happen if people were able to harvest time. A quick read that I devoured. He has become an auto buy author for me! ##catsoflitsy #alice

Listening to this book made me think of my granddad, who was a watchmaker. He worked as a Timekeeper for a railroad station located in my small hometown in Kentucky. At the time of his death, when he was 87, we found 5 clocks he was working on in his workshop. There was even a beautiful German cuckoo clock waiting to be delivered back to its owners. This book covered so much material but was so enjoyable. I will end up buying the hard copy.