Bookends: January 2023
In January I focused on reading from the Tournament of Books Shortlist. I made some decent progress and completed 10 of the 18 titles. I finished 7 in December (well, 6 plus one DNF), so I have only one left to finish in February, then I’ll be all ready for the Litsy shadow ToB! Like…
2022: My Year in Books
This year was a more adventurous year than I’ve had since 2019. My family traveled for three weeks this summer (two weeks road tripping through western states hiking in high altitude national parks and visiting friends, one week in Tennessee and North Carolina visiting family and hiking in a slightly lower altitude mountain national park)…
Bookends: November 2022
I read long ago that if you take a blogging break, there’s no need even to mention it when you return, so this is me not mentioning it. November was a lovely reading month! I have been reading a lot of audiobooks and e-books, which is a big change from my all-hardcovers-all-the-time policy of old.…
Birthday Challenge
I’m planning a thing for my birthday this year. This thing is inspired by Katy Bowman’s 44th birthday challenge. The essence of this thing: walk 10 miles a day for the 45 days leading up to my 45th birthday for a total of 450 miles between October 25 and December 9. There are a few…
Different Stories
Last weekend, my spouse and I celebrated our twenty-second wedding anniversary, but whether we actually “celebrated” it or not depends on the story we tell. One version of the story is that the kids had orchestra rehearsals all day and the house needed cleaning and I had to teach in the evening, so we didn’t…
On the “New Normal”
Lately, our theme seems to be “almost normal.” My kids have started going back to in-person orchestra rehearsals, which is “normal” by pre-pandemic standards while being infused with pandemic modifications: everyone wears special masks to allow them to play their instruments while still being masked, brass instruments use bell covers, woodwinds—including the bassoons—have their instruments…
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About Charity
Former editor, clinical research coordinator, yoga teacher, and doula, current home educator and avid reader. Imperfect Happiness has been many things over the years, but at the moment, it’s primarily where I share my thoughts on books and life in general, with a couple of recipes thrown in.
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