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Why I don’t do a reading challenge
Dear readers, many of you may have read my mothers recent blog post about her 5×5 reading challenge. You may be wondering, “Does Lydia do any kind of reading challenge?” The answer? No. Reading challenges are in essence, rules that a person creates for themselves about what they can read, how much they have to…
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Tale of Two Cities review
Dear readers, my mother and I both use an app called Goodreads to track our literary adventures. One feature of the app that I particularly enjoy is writing reviews of books one has read. I write a review for nearly every book that I read, but I am especially proud of the one I wrote…
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Custom Made Bookmarks
Dear readers, I have a question for you. How do you mark your pages in books? There is a great deal of variety in how people accomplish this task. My father uses a Walmart receipt or anything else that is handy. My mother often leaves her book open or places her phone or even another…
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Daytrip to St. Louis
Dear readers, in this post I will chronicle a daytrip that our family took to St. Louis, where we met up with Grandpa and Loretta. We drove in my dad’s Telsla which runs on electricity from a battery. We had to stop in Rolla to recharge the car. It took about 40 minutes to charge.…
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Jacques at Wilson’s Creek
Dear readers, this afternoon Jacques asked if we could go on a walk at Wilson’s creek and we obliged. We walked the Old Wire Road Trail and forded Skagg’s Branch because we thought that there would be porta potties on the other side, only to discover that there weren’t. Jacques still enjoyed himself and that’s…
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Obituary for Oslo Tyndall (2018 – 2023)
Hello my dear readers. I am sad to tell you that my pet gerbil Oslo has completed his life. Oslo was born at Pet Smart in 2018. The exact date of his birth is unknown. In September of 2018, Oslo and his brother Nicholas (2018 – 2022) were adopted by Miss Lydia Tyndall of Brookline,…
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My mother and I are sitting in the living room and reading
Dear readers, this evening my mother and I are sitting together and reading in quiet companionship. It is a delightful experience. I am much obliged to my dear father for taking this photo. We are both wearing our pajamas and are quite comfortable. It is my solemn wish that all of you readers will be…
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Mansfield Park book club
Dear readers, yesterday I had a Mansfied Park book club with my friend Molly. We did a great deal of activities that took inspiration from the novel, and also did a fair amount of sitting on the couch and talking. This is a rotrisie chicken, but we pretended that it was a dressed turkey. “And…
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Jane Eyre
Well my beloved readers, something very unexpected happened this week. I listened to the audiobook of Jane Eyre! I totally didn’t expect that to happen, and I bet you didn’t either! I am in a class this semester at L.C.A. called British Book Club. The purpose of the class is to read British classics and…
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My mother is reading a book
Dear readers, my mother has been reading a book called Miracles by C.S. Lewis. She is found of narrating and reading excerpts of what she has read. I am learning some things about miracles through her.
Life of Lydia 