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Reading Log: 5 Kinds of Nonfiction
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.18]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I'm reading 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books by Melissa Stewart, Marlene Correia. [ 37% ] 📚
Another book I’m happy to read for a PD book club at work.
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Patriotic long-haired chihuahua and Canada geese softball sunset | Two pictures not taken on the way home from work, 2026-01-15
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.17]
[Last Updated: 2026.01.18]
The long-haired chihuahua stood on the armrest of the passenger seat and gazed at me serenely through the window of the white minivan, an actual American flag draped behind it, shrouding the entire second row of the van.
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Reading Log: Manga Goes to School
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.16]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I'm reading Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K–12 Settings by Ashley Hawkins, Emily Ratica, Sara Smith, Julie Stivers, and Sybil “Mouna” Touré. [ 38% ] 📚
I suggested this title for a PD book club at work and they actually took me up on it!
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Watching Log: Stranger Things 1
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.12]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I watched Stranger Things 1 (2016). 🎥
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Recipe: Grandma Naoma's Chili (Josh's Version)
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.11]
[Last Updated: 2026.01.17]
I realized that though I’ve been making this chili for years I never have set down my version of this old recipe. So, this afternoon before I cooked I documented everything I was going to do, and now I’m sharing it here.
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Listening Log: Complete Discography of SAULT (from newest to oldest)
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.11]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I've been listening to Complete Discography of SAULT (from newest to oldest) by SAULT. 🎵
I don’t think I can hear a new SAULT album without listening to it a couple of times and then needing to go back through everything they’ve ever done, or nearly everything.
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Listening Log: Chapter 1 by SAULT
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.11]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I've been listening to Chapter 1 by SAULT. 🎵
Like tuning into some alternate universe cosmic retro soul radio station, so great.
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My Reading log
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.05]
[Last Updated: 2026.01.06]
Below please find my bespoke reading log for the current year. You can also visit my past year-specific reading logs:
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Reading Log: Babel
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.04]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I'm reading Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang again. [ ↻ 25% ] 📚
Reading with my son at bedtime some nights. (Only once in a while because most nights my bedtime is earlier than his now.)
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Listening Log: LOWER
[Originally Posted: 2026.01.04]
[Last Updated: 2026.03.08]
I've been listening to LOWER by Benjamin Booker. 🎵
This is a really solid collection of songs, quite liking it.