Shakira at the Latin Grammy’s this week… stunning. Both her sons also sing… wait for it. Sigh— so beautiful. 💛💛 I want to wear her gorgeous gold dress including the Holy Mary accessory.

Morning #read New piece published by Benjamin Moser @ish4k — did you see this? 🙏💛

Israel, Zionism, apartheid

What did you expect?

Have a good one Nostr… Book Awards are about to begin! 📖💛 https://www.youtube.com/live/E4b8nqUaptw?si=QPjjfAbyHBvaq8Dp

Serene November Evening ✨

Attending a workshop today: Reading Intervention for Students in Grades 4-9. And I’m early as usual so I have time to enjoy a warm drink & marvel at the holiday decorations.

Shakira with her sons — love this photo. I can’t believe it will soon be December again.

“‘Learn to predict a fire with unerring precision. Then burn the house down to fulfill the prediction.’ These lines mocked the Communist claim to rule, which was based on the theory of history as formulated by Marx. According to the concept of dialectical materialism—“diamat,” as its adherents often abbreviated it—the triumph of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin was not a contingent event but the necessary result of an age-old process of class conflict.” Found this gem today as I was looking for info. connected to some M. M. Bakhtin/P.N. Medvedev literary scholarship. Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth

The New Yorker

Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth

Having experienced both Nazi and Communist rule, Poland’s great exile poet arrived at a unique blend of skepticism and sincerity.

Onto my next audible— my friend’s choice for book club this month. Hoping to meet at her favorite Korean restaurant when we are finished.

Audible.com

Crying in H Mart

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that ...

“How forgetful life is, and death — how retentive.” Anna Akhmatova 1963

My daddy in Butzbach, Germany (1971). Celebrating the Veterans in my life today — not the wars & conflicts. Side-note: He renews my Museum Pass every year. I am grateful for him — he’s a wonderful father.