I’ll be company for everyone, but little more than that for anyone. Starting today, my brain will stop tolerating new ideas, my taste in clothing will stop evolving, my hairstyle will remain the same forevermore, I will read and reread the novels that brought me pleasure in my youth with nostalgia, and I will let the next generation-whom I no longer understand because I only speak “Old”-make my decisions for me because I have nothing to teach them anymore. She observed her mother-old fashioned, elderly, diminished, prudish-and wondered if a person woke up one day saying, This is the moment my old age begins. *The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia: As a young woman, Beatriz had always reflected on how it would feel to grow old. That’s the closest I’ve come to surety, and it is enough for me.” Underlying soil is bedrock and if you dig deep enough, you’ll hit it. What answers has the ground offered? Only the notion that there are answers. “Unknown outpaces known like to do outpaces done. The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball: I loved this book. The ones with two stars are the books I think you absolutely MUST READ in 2022. The starred books are the ones I highly recommend. Here is a list of most of the books I read this year, with a quote or note about each one. I wrote three books, started a new pen name (Jen Spencer), and read lots of wonderful books. Was it better than 2020 or worse? I had a great year.
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