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Nice collection, @andyd ! Mrs. A and I have some of the same books.

Quince.com has linen relaxed fit button/collared shirts for $34; I’m planning to order some for Mr. AM and see if they fit. Quince has some nice discounts for new customers. I have a couple dresses and a pair of pants from them, nice quality.

@AndyD Oh definitely yes. My Kindle is for reading. My knitting books are on paper, in color.

I do sell my knitting book, Brioche Knit Love, in paperback and also a Kindle version, but the Kindle version only works in the Kindle app (for computer or tablet) because it’s color picture- and chart-heavy.

So yes, definitely depends on what the book is!

I just read Sinner’s Prayer by @deweylou on the way home from Nashville on Sunday. Kindle is perfect for bringing a stack of books in my backpack!

My Kindle Paperwhite came in handy when the power went out for a couple hours on Thursday night. I’m in a hotel in Nashville for the weekend.

There was a big hail and lightning storm here in Nashville on Thursday night. The power went out in my hotel. I finished my dinner in the hotel restaurant via iPhone flashlight, and then went up to my room to read my Kindle Paperwhite in bed. Hooray, electronics!

Did you know the electronic door locks on hotel rooms are battery powered? That was a relief.

I didn’t go out in the rain that night. A friend showed me a bruise she got on her arm from a hailstone.

I don’t TikTok, but I do appreciate my sterling silverware for 8(from my mom’s uncle & aunt), and my mom’s silverplate service for 12. And all the lovely platters from my mom-in-law. It’s fun to bring it all out for holidays and tea parties (but the last tea party was probably in 2019…)

Stunning, Steve! I would love to visit Seville someday.

I read on my Kindle so I can increase the font size. I like what I like! Like Jon, I either borrow or purchase Kindle versions of physical books friends try to give me.

It’s always funny when I tap the page of a physical book, to try to make it turn the page.

I don’t know how long they’d last, except that my cat would probably chew it! So I don’t bring cut flowers inside. Sometimes they grace the table on my front porch!

We planted a dogwood on our parking strip last fall. It looked like twigs when the neighborhood magnolias and cherry trees were blooming. Now it’s time!

Enchanting.

This is appalling.

@AndyD Poppy is very handsome! He’ll settle in when he decides that you’re useful to him. Cats are like that.

Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller.

I read the Little House books a long time ago. I know part of the story is problematic (colonialism, racism), it’s still fascinating. In this case, the story is told from Caroline’s viewpoint (the mother). It’s tender and sweetly told, so far.

I don’t watch a lot of stuff, but someone just recommended Soviet Jeans to me, and it sounds good. Eight episodes, you can get it through PBS Passport.

Set in Soviet Latvia in 1979. Dictatorship, KGB, a love story, a counterfeit jeans caper. Here’s the trailer.

@Bernard You set a beautiful table!

@Bernard Agreed, it’s distraction time.

Although I can’t help but notice that only women get fired. (Noem, Bondi.) Going on to special important jobs elsewhere.

We have urban coyotes in our neighborhood. This one was in our back yard a couple weeks ago. It’s on its way out the side gate.

Take good care of both of you! Glad things are improving. A long road, steady pace, always upward!

It’s $5.09 at the corner Shell station (my usual fill-up spot, with Kroger points to knock it down.)

John Pavlovitz has second thoughts on what he said before. No Kings Day Helped Me Find Some Things I'd Lost

“…No Kings Day was a much-needed reminder of how vital joy, hope, diversity, and our collective efforts are in resisting this Renaissance of hatred.

Our Republic is still in great peril, but we, its fierce caretakers who number in the tens of millions, are still not ready to consent to defeat.

With all we’ve had thrown at us for ten years by this b*tshit wanna be despot, his morally bankrupt accomplices, and his critical thinking-impaired cultic disciples, that, in itself, is a victory.”

I protest for the joy in seeing like-minded people. I don’t expect to change anyone’s mind. But I don’t want people to think that I’m fine with the current despot’s shenanigans.