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Christmas Is Coming – But First…
On Sunday I came home from church we’d visited with a lingering headache and exhaustion. I had seen the “super flu” mentioned in the news already and assumed it was a normal flu, albeit much more contagious, with the name merely being a bit of journalistic flourish. It really didn’t occur to me I could Continue reading
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Year in Review + Reading Goals for 2026
Knowing how busy things would be, I did not make any goals for this past year, but reading was fruitful nonetheless. Perhaps because my reading was so sporadic, it ended up surprising me in huge ways. I found a new favourite author (Rilke), and the best book I read was a historical biography (The Glory Continue reading
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What I’m Reading (and More) – Autumn 2025 edition
I’ve experienced all other seasons in the UK before, but this is my first autumn. It is much like a Pacific Northwest fall—instead of a sharp change from summer to winter, summer fades very slowly, giving autumn plenty of time to look around before making itself at home. Bright greens fade to pastel yellows, then Continue reading
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Shackleton’s Endurance – Doomed from the Start?
Fascinating new insights on why the Endurance sank, with implications for Shackleton’s legacy: A broken rudder wasn’t what doomed the Endurance, new analysis suggests Shackleton blamed the sinking of the Endurance on the destruction of its rudder; for more than a century, historians accepted this explanation. Now, an analysis suggests that structural weakness caused the Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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