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BkClubCare
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“… Letty did not fancy herself in the role of gooseberry.”

Love finding new-to-me idioms. Who is it that shares “things that scratch my brain”? 😊
#Aug2025 Book73 #AsheCoNCReading Challenge category season

📸 View of the beer steins from lunch other day.

BkClubCare “Push the boat out” 🛥️ = to be lavish in spending/celebrations (British, informal) 2w
Ruthiella Totally love finding stuff like this out! 2w
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - I will be using PUSH out the BOAT!! Probably not the gooseberry one 2w
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Cuilin
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#CharacterCharm #elderly @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"Ageing, slightly mad and on the threshold of retirement, it was an uneasy combination and it was no wonder that people shied away from her or made only the most perfunctory remarks” ?

Eggs Relatable👏🏻 3w
TheBookHippie Oh I‘ve got to read this one, adding it my list. 3w
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S3V3N
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#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii
1. Beautiful pot for my deck.
2. Enjoying retirement. My tshirt says I can wine all I want #retirement.
3. My deck is finally complete. Black deck with new stairs in a new location.

Lesliereadsalot Great joys! 1mo
5feet.of.fury Oooh I love the pot! And your glasses are fantastic! 1mo
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dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1mo
AnnCrystal
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Reggie lol love the shirt. And congrats on being retired! 1mo
S3V3N @5feet.of.fury Thank you 1mo
S3V3N @Reggie Thank you 1mo
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PurpleyPumpkin
My Next Phase: The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best Retirement | Eric Sundstrom, Randy Burnham, Michael Burnham
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It‘s official! After 33 years at my workplace, I took the leap into retirement. Officially, I‘m on vacation until the end of June, but as I no longer have to wake up at 5:30am, I‘m calling it. Looking forward to my “Renaissance Years” full of reading, gardening, Litsy, knitting, and so much more! #retired
(April 28, 2025)

BennettBookworm Brava!! 4mo
TheBookHippie Well done!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ congratulations!!!! 4mo
AmyG Congrats!🎉 4mo
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monalyisha How exciting! Congratulations!!! 🥳💜 4mo
TheKidUpstairs Congratulations! 4mo
lil1inblue Congratulations! Wishing you good books, beautiful flowers, and lots of yarn! 🎉 4mo
TheSpineView Congratulations! Happy retirement! 4mo
Ruthiella Congratulations! 👏👏👏 4mo
Trashcanman Congratulations Kimberly! Squeeze in a price is right episode every once in a while! 4mo
Jas16 Congratulations!!!🎉 4mo
dabbe W🤩HOO! You‘ll love every moment! 😍 4mo
Blueberry Congrats!! 4mo
LeahBergen Congratulations! 🎉 4mo
Librarybelle Congratulations! 4mo
Mimi28 Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊!!! 4mo
BookmarkTavern Congratulations! 🎉🍾🎈🎊🎊 4mo
TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!! 🎊🎉 4mo
mrp27 Congratulations! 🎉 4mo
DogMomIrene Congratulations! The party‘s just getting started🙌🏼🌟🎉 4mo
PurpleyPumpkin @mrp27 @DogMomIrene Thank you! 😘 I‘m just settling in and I‘m very much looking forward to this next chapter. ☺️ 4mo
kspenmoll Congratulations!!!! 🎊🎈 4mo
PurpleyPumpkin Thanks so much @kspenmoll!💜 4mo
MemoirsForMe Just saw this…Woooo Hooooo! Congrats Kimmie! Now you get to sleep in and do all those things you‘ve been putting off. So happy for you! 🎉🍾🥂 4mo
PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe Thanks so much, Donna! I've been slow to get into this retirement thing because I've been sick, sigh. But I'll get there. It's all very exciting! 😊 4mo
MemoirsForMe Love this great photo of you and the sign your friends made for you. That‘s a LOT of days you. 😁 Hope you‘re feeling better so you can start reading all those books too. Congrats again! 🎉🎉🎉 4mo
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Balibee146
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Current read reflecting on the financial aspects of a life well lived. I'm glad it acknowledged very early on that globally a privileged few actually have disposable income with which they could take on board his viewpoint.

Already this is starting to feel like a lot of padding to get his central idea to book length though.....i think this will be a skim read.

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PatriciaU
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Retirement Goal: Reading in a comfy chair with a goat on my lap! 😂😂

Suet624 😂😂 love this. 7mo
JamieArc This reminds me of a photo I saw a while back (and posted on Litsy) of a woman reading in bed with a dear laying next to her 😂😁 7mo
kspenmoll 😂😂😂 5mo
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peaKnit
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#whatsnewwednesday @TieDyeDude @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life
I handed in my retirement application - so I see more time to respond to some #litsylove after Dec 6! 🎉

TheBookHippie Congratulations! 10mo
TheSpineView Wow! That's awesome! Congrats!🥳🎉🥳 10mo
Read4life Congratulations!!! 💙🎉💙 10mo
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dabbe #wahooyou! 🤎🍁🧡 10mo
MaureenMc 🎉🎉🎉 10mo
Deblovestoread Congrats 🎉 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations 🎈🎊 9mo
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Daisey
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Mehso-so

There has not been enough hammock time this summer, but today I finally got a bit with Gandalf for company. I found this book an interesting examination of character and commentary on aging alone, but it was a rather slow and melancholy read for me. I was glad that it ended with a bit of hopefulness.

#Reading1001 #TBRTakedown June 2024
#1001books #HammockReading

RaeLovesToRead Gandalf is a beauty 🥰🥰 1y
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1y
Tamra Sweet! 😘 I‘m envious! I‘ve had little outside reading time as well. Been wet and too cool. 😢 1y
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jewright Gandalf looks happy! 1y
Melismatic Cutie! 😻 1y
dabbe #gloriousgandalf 🖤🐾🖤 1y
merelybookish That's one gorgeous face! 😻 1y
Daisey @RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @Tamra @jewright @Melismatic @dabbe @merelybookish Thanks all! Gandalf was pretty happy because he‘s also been getting very little attention lately. 1y
JazzFeathers 😻😻😻😻 14mo
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Daisey
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I read a few more pages of Quartet in Autumn today while filling the overhead bin (upper right photo) and found this unfamiliar word. Apparently, Marcia is having a tin of sardines originally for the cat.

pilchard: a small, edible, commercially valuable marine fish of the herring family

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #BooksOnTheFarm

Ruthiella I feel like people ate weird food in the 1950s…particularly in Barbara Pym novels but also just generally. 😬 Lots of canned food and things in aspic. 1y
rwmg Same species apparently, but if it's longer than 6 inches it's a pilchard, 6 inches or less then it's a sardine. 1y
Tamra I have this one stacked and I‘ve only heard good things about it! 1y
Daisey @Tamra This one is not as engaging to me as Excellent Women, but I‘m still appreciating Pym‘s description of character. 1y
Tamra @Daisey I want to get to that one too! 1y
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024