Reading update and a question

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I think Iâ€™m past my reading slump, and I think I owe this largely to Rosy Thorntonâ€™s Hearts and Minds (kindly sent to me by the author), which I read happily all weekend and of which I am now about 50…

Wuthering Heights, second time around

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I’ve read Wuthering Heights before, although I can’t remember exactly when — at least 10 and maybe as many as 15 years ago. I have vague memories of a dark, disturbing, confusing book, and that’s about all I…

Somerset Maugham’s The Painted Veil

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I have recently finished listening to W. Somerset Maugham’s novel The Painted Veil on audio, and I had a fabulous time with it. Now, I do tend to enjoy books in a simpler, more visceral kind of way when I listen to…

Weekend report

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What a weekend! I don’t think I’ve quite recovered. First, it turns out I didn’t race on Sunday after all. I got about three, maybe three and a half hours of sleep on Saturday night, and I woke up feeling awful. I…

Race report

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My races the last two weeks have been unspectacular, but I did at least finish both of them, making it up to the finish line with the pack, albeit at the back (I just found out I got 14th out of 17 riders). Today’s…

The language of dance

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Last night Hobgoblin and I went to see a dance performance in New York City. This was a new experience for me as I’d never been to a professional dance performance before. We went with a colleague of mine and her…

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