1- LIFE UPDATES: I am headed to PHL (with G!) this weekend to spend some time with family. My dad has had a lot of medical ups and downs over the past several weeks, and I’m glad to be getting to visit. (And I will get to see Laura too!). I feel like I have greatly benefitted from an August that was mostly routine/at home and feel pretty caught up with . . life. Hopefully I can keep the positive momentum going with more action on the calendar over the next few weeks (and really, months).
AND! Josh is headed back to work today! He is not fully healed but he can weight-bear and will start with clinic/ultrasound reading/etc (no call or long surgeries yet). He has also been swimming and going to lots of PT. Onward and upward . . .
2- Did you know Elisabeth was on BOBW this week!? She did an awesome job sharing the details and personal experiences taking the kids on a months-long European adventure during the school year. If you feel like you know her through her blog but have ever been curious as to what her voice sounds like (lovely!), now is your chance to find out!
3- Speaking of podcasts, reader/listener Rebecca alerted me to this excellent Australian episode of Ladies We Need to Talk:
The guest is a researcher and I felt she focused nicely on solutions (vs just a rant!).
4- READING UPDATE. I am in a reading groove after a bumpy summer! Apparently I’m in Backlist Mode, because I’ve started just grabbing titles at the library that I vaguely remember WANTING to read but never go to (The Measure, and now the pick below):
This one came out last year so it isn’t super old, and I feel like I saw on it on a ton of ‘best of’ lists. Plus, I enjoyed Fleishman is in Trouble.
Trigger warning: drugs, graphic sexual content (and I’m only at page 84 out of over 400, haha!). Definitely enjoying it so far, though.
(AND I’m about halfway through The Glass Castle and still wondering how the 9th grade English teacher will manage the conversations around that one . . . it’s fascinating AND I feel mildly traumatized while reading it.)
5- Music listening project continues to be fun for me! This past week the “albums of focus” were Brennan Wedl’s self-titled album and Brandon Flowers’ THRASHER. (I did not mean to pick two with such similar names, but it happened). I REALLY liked both, but I think the winner would have to be THRASHER. He’s such a good storyteller!
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I’m happy to hear that Josh is doing well! Swimming and PT sounds great. I hope your dad is okay- I’m glad you’re getting up there to see him.
I listened to BOBW with Elisabeth! Her voice and some of her expressions kind of reminds me of yours (I’m wondering if anyone else noticed that???)
Hope you have a fun weekend!
Safe travels and hope it’s a great weekend with your family! I always love your books recs. I just finished Sisters of a Halved Heart (from the short summer list from MMD). If you like a book with some family drama I would recommend!