the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

i’m with the banned fridays.

  • banned books friday #31 – wrapping up our original project!

    Y’all, we are finally at the end of our original banned books project, with my having finished books #43 and #44. I must say these two were particularly. . . taxing. . . and I am not sad to see them go. Our last two books are William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice and Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. I am… Read more

  • banned books friday #30.

    This Banned Books Friday, y’all, as we are nearing the end of this project, I am grouping together two books that have nothing in common – that we might finish this up next week and get on to our new banned books project I am so excited for. ❤ This week’s books are Richard Wright’s Native… Read more

  • banned books friday #29 – it’s finally back.

    Some months ago, our Banned Books Fridays derailed as did our book reporting – and it did so during time when I feel that shouting against book bans and censorship is absolutely imperative as our rights are being threatened on many fronts. (Unfortunately, surgery and sickness prevailed for a bit.) That said, both Banned Book… Read more

  • 46 books.

    As it is almost my 46th birthday in a few hours as I begin writing, I expect this will be my only other list of 46 this week – and, of course, it is my favorite. ❤ This year has been a wonderful one in books – and I have been blessed to share many… Read more

  • another year in the books.

    Before we lost our Gob and Henry in October – and things naturally and unavoidably went awry for some time – much of my blogging last year was devoted to book reports and my banned book project. I ended up far exceeding my reading goal in 2024 between print books, ebooks, and audiobooks – and… Read more

  • blogtober post 8 – banned books friday #28. getting caught up.

    With so much going on recently, our banned books project has gotten off schedule – but we are getting caught up today with Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle – and y’all, this was a -10/10, do not recommend, rough go situation. Getting right to the point, I found the novel itself to be a terrible read, miserable… Read more

  • banned books friday #27 – considering salman rushdie.

    This week’s Banned Book Friday is a little different – in a good way I think. See, I was nearing Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses on our list – and knowing well that his life had been in danger for most of mine for having written it – I also placed a hold on his… Read more

  • banned books friday #26 – getting caught back up – and muddling through billy burroughs.

    Here we are, finally getting caught up on our banned books project – and I have a doozy this week. I had not read any of William Burroughs work before this one – but I went through the obligatory Jack Kerouac reading period in high school and I suppose I expected that this fellow Beat… Read more

  • an uber late banned books friday #25 – the final d.h. lawrence (thank goodness).

    This will be a brief banned books post – as I am writing another post today, sharing some of my recent favorite books I’ve read – and I really don’t need to spend much time on this book I didn’t particularly care for. I was not surprised to discover, after I did not enjoy the… Read more

  • banned books friday #24 – catch-22.

    This week’s banned book is Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. I had not read this one before and it was a long and tedious journey. I have seen it grouped with Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five – I suppose as they are both war satire pieces – but that is really as far as the similarities go. My suggestion is absolutely… Read more