I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 21/X Summer’s Lease: Autobiography 1901-1938 (1966) ~ Sir John Rothenstein 🇬🇧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 20/X Living in the Present with John Prine (2025) ~ Tom Piazza 🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

A culture of constitutional reverence, combined with the portrayal of racial and ethnic minorities as threats to American values, only served to affirm rights-denial during the World Wars. Such is the historical context of the plenary power doctrine, a vessel for discriminatory rights infringement.

I present my latest reads (this one a re-read), with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 19/X Night (1958,1960 tr.) ~ Elie Wiesel 🇭🇺 🇫🇷 (Stella Rodway, translator) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 18/X The Iron Heel (1907) ~ Jack London 🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 17/X The Grapes of Wrath (1939) ~ John Steinbeck 🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 16/X Death of a Salesman (1949) ~ Arthur Miller 🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 15/X World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions (1993) ~ Robert W. Rydell 🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

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Bruce Springsteen released 'Born to Run' 50 years ago today. 💿

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 14/X The Oaken Heart (1941) ~ Margery Allingham 🇬🇧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 13/X The Great Transformation: The Beginning of our Religious Traditions (2006) ~ Karen Armstrong 🇬🇧 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

I have decided not to share my Eastern Ontario maple syrup with Alan Dershowitz.

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 12/X Blue Highways: A Journey Into America (1982) ~ William Least Heat Moon [William Trogdon] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 11/X The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 (2022) ~ Jim Harrison ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 10/X Doctor Sax (1959) ~ Jack Kerouac ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 9/X Selections from ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’ (1970) ~ Joseph Addison and Richard Steele (Robert J. Allen, Ed.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 8/X Edward and the Edwardians (1962) ~ Philippe Jullian (1967 English tr. ~ Peter Dawnay) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

“Going for dinner at friends’ houses in 2025 can feel like going through airport security.” Seriously. Make it stop.

‘Stars’, last night at Base 31, Picton, ON, 🇨🇦. Geat venue and terrific show! 📸 Kate Biringer #MusicSky

Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July Took six days to complete on side of building

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 7/X Ravelstein ~ Saul Bellow ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 6/X Illuminations and Other Prose Poems ~ Arthur Rimbaud (Louise Varèse, tr.) ⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 5/X A Place in the Country ~ W. G. Sebald ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

Today, we remember President Obama. Today, we honor The Constitution. Today, we Resist. #DueProcess 🇺🇸 #FirstAmendment 🇺🇲 #NoKings🇺🇲🇺🇸 #Resist🗽 #WeThePeople🗽

“I am the scholar of the dark armchair. Branches and rain hurl themselves at the windows of my library.” from ‘Childhood’ (Illuminations) ~ Rimbaud #BookSky

Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands, I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done, The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun. - W.B. Yeats

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 4/X The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays ~ Joan Acocella ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

In solidarity.

I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 3/X Water, Water: Poems ~ Billy Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

I present my latest reads, in an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 2/X Collected Poems, 1948-1984 ~ Derek Walcott ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

In an open-ended counting, I present my latest reads, with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 1/X Visions of Gerard ~ Jack Kerouac ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky #BookChallenge #LatestRead

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 21/20 (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track). It’s been fun! I will now dance off stage. Puttin’ on the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography ~ Peter Levinson #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 20/20 RuFF ~ Rod Carley 🇨🇦 #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 19/20 The Donoghue Girl ~ Kim Fahner 🇨🇦 #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 18/20 The Bloodied Nightgown and other essays~ Joan Acocella #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 17/20 Winesburg, Ohio ~ Sherwood Anderson #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 16/20 Four Seasons in Japan ~ Nick Bradley #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 15/20 Collected Poems 1948-1984 ~ Derek Walcott #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 14/20 Victory City ~ Salman Rushdie #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 13/20 Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird ~ Gene Andrew Jarrett #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 12/20 Memoirs of Hadrian ~ Marguerite Yourcenar #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 11/20 Ravelstein ~ Saul Bellow #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 10/20 Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors ~ James Canton #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 9/20 Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage ~ Tim Robinson #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 8/20 Testimony ~ Robbie Robertson #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 7/20 Braiding Sweetgrass ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. 6/20 Didion & Babitz ~ Lili Anolik #BookSky #BookChallenge #20TBRBookChallenge