My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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Where Do You Turn in a Time of Indecision and Desolation?

Oldbooks“In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried…nothing is so warming and companionable.” –Elizabeth Goudge

It’s one of my Secrets of Adulthood: the best reading is re-reading.

* Over on Gimundo, I saw a little piece about miracle fruit — I’d read before about this berry, which makes sour things taste sweet. I’m so curious to try it; something to put on my life to-do list.

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