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What is it About Music that Plucks the Strings of Grief?
Three times in the past few weeks I have found myself in tears. Three times! This is not normal for me; sadness is not my métier. A descent into tears is as unusual for my remorselessly cheerful nature as passing up a good bakery. There are reasons for grief. Reasons good enough that I need…
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Nothing to be Frightened Of: Julian Barnes on Death and Dying
If you’re a voracious reader and a cheapskate, Libby is a great application. Getting digital books from your library(s) is very satisfying. But while Libby is a perfectly good e-reader, one thing it doesn’t do well at all is help find books. This isn’t the Spotify of eBooks. So, when I ran out of Libby…
We are not rational animals, we are animals that must work to be rational
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