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The Adventure of the Creeping Man (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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CatLass007 There doesn‘t seem to be a crime. The mystery is, “Why is the professor behaving in such an odd manner?” as I said in a previous answer, I don‘t consider this science fiction or scientific fiction. It‘s pure fantasy. (edited) 16h

Read4life Fantasy. Just not what I look forward to in a Holmes story. 14h

Cuilin If there are no laws regarding the ethics of scientific experimentation, then there can be no crime. I think it‘s just another interesting case to answer why a professor had a personality change? The solution was nuts! Monkey nuts!! lol 9h

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CogsOfEncouragement I have no need to keep SH stories in a tight category. My expectation is to be entertained with something. If Doyle veers from some unstated guardrails so be it. There was certainly a mystery to be solved that the others couldn‘t/were too afraid to get to the bottom of. SH uncovered that for them. 8h

eeclayton Legally speaking there might be no crime, but ethically, there is. However, this story isn't about pursuing the culprit (Lowenstein), but about what is wrong with the professor.
I still consider it detective fiction, with an added sci-fi element. 5h

Librarybelle I like that thought, @eeclayton …detective fiction with a sci-fi element. 3h

dabbe @CatLass007 @Read4life @Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton Perhaps because this is Doyle's 47th story (by publication), I like that it had an unconventional structure and genre-blurring elements. I'm sure he read FRANKENSTEIN and J&H as well, and perhaps wanted to pay homage to stories as well. There is a sci-fi bend (the serum‘s effects mirror real-world early-20th-century experiments) but also a Gothic one. ⬇️ 3h

dabbe The professor‘s night-crawling, feral aggression, and daughter‘s terror at his window evoke Gothic horror tropes, and the dog‘s violent rejection of its master adds an uncanny, animalistic dread. The story‘s eerie tone and ethical questions make it memorable, offering a fresh twist on Holmes‘ usual rationalism; however, the lack of a crime or resolution frustrates readers expecting a traditional mystery. I admire Doyle for trying something new. 3h

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The Adventure of the Creeping Man (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @dabbe

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Cuilin I‘ve only read Shelley‘s Frankenstein, but as far as the ethics go, I think the adage of “just because you can, doesn‘t mean you should” applies. 9h

CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve read Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll & Well‘s The Invisible Man. I read this short story as a reprimand for ridiculous old men pursuing young women. The monkey elements made for the character to climb and peer in a window, etc but it would have been just as good to have had the elixir come from a jackass to get the point across. 7h

CogsOfEncouragement When SH says only worldly individuals would take advantage of such an elixir and it would be survival “of the least fit” while spiritual individuals would age appropriately and not avoid the call to something higher was sharp criticism of Lowenstein. SH states he holds Lowenstein criminally responsible and will write to tell him so. 7h

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eeclayton As far as I remember, in the other books/stories mentioned, the scientists all work on their projects in a sort of idealistic haze, some of them even experimenting on themselves. Here, on the other hand, Lowenstein seems to be after financial gain. 5h

dabbe @Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton You've all made EXCELLENT points. I definitely think that this story shares thematic and ethical concerns with FRANKENSTEIN and J&H, particularly in its exploration of scientific hubris, the dangers of unchecked experimentation, and the moral consequences of tampering with human nature. 3h

Librarybelle I thought of this as a reprimand on old men trying to pursue young women too, @CogsOfEncouragement . I‘ve read Frankenstein and The Invisible Man, and they all seem like cautionary tales on when one takes the ability to use science to manipulate humanity a bit too far. 3h

dabbe @Librarybelle And there are so many stories pursuing an elixir to make one younger. This one made me think of Nathaniel Hawthorne's “Dr. Heidegger's Experiment“ as well. 3h

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The Adventure of the Creeping Man (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @dabbe

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CatLass007 I wouldn‘t call it science fiction. I would call it fantasy. The answer just seems so silly to me. 16h

Read4life This one just left me disappointed. Sci-fi, fantasy call it either but it was out there. The critique was justified IMO. 14h

Cuilin I‘m not sure I would describe it as sci-fi as there are many tales told regarding the elixir of life. It‘s probably more in the fantasy genre. 9h

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CogsOfEncouragement I had to look up risible to see it means such as to provoke laughter. Huh. I thought this short story was giving a couple lessons. Old men shouldn‘t chase younger women, we should age appropriately - accept it - and be spiritual, people peddling poisons should be held accountable… 7h

eeclayton For me personally, the reason why the sci-fi element is “risible“ is that none of the earlier stories had been set up like that, and the “science gone awry“ explanation came out of the blue for me. I enjoy it much more when SH solves the mystery based on overlooked evidence and logic; but I like a good sci-fi story when I expect to read one. 5h

dabbe @CatLass007 @Read4lif @Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton In preparing to present this one, I did a bit of research. The story was inspired by real 19th-century medical experiments, such as French physiologist Brown-Sequard‘s injections of animal testicular extracts to combat aging, which were widely reported (and mocked) in scientific journals. ⬇️ 4h

dabbe Doyle‘s premise, while extreme, mirrored fringe scientific trends of his era, blurring the line between fiction and contemporary pseudoscience. Modern parallels (e.g., steroid-induced “roid rage“) further validate the story‘s core idea. Thus, labeling it “risible“ ignores its roots in real-world quackery. ⬇️ 4h

dabbe Yet, “The Creeping Man“ retains Holmes‘ empirical approach: he deduces the serum‘s effects through physical clues (e.g., knuckle deformities, the dog‘s aggression) rather than accepting “magic“. The story‘s tension arises from misapplied science, not its impossibility—a theme consistent with Jekyll and Hyde or Frankenstein. ⬇️ 3h

dabbe Doyle‘s allegory about tampering with nature aligns with Victorian anxieties, making it more Gothic morality tale than pure sci-fi. 3h

Cuilin @dabbe I love the term Gothic Morality tale. Fits. 3h

Librarybelle That‘s good to know this is based on 19th-century medical experiments—not good that they experimented on animals, of course, but it just seemed so out there. Not my type of reading, for sure! It did make me wonder where Conan Doyle got the idea to write this, and a “ripped-from-the-headlines” esque story makes sense. 3h

dabbe @Cuilin 🩵🎯🩵 3h

dabbe @Librarybelle It does, doesn't it? 3h

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe @Librarybelle @CatLass007 @Read4lif @Cuilin @eeclayton
Gothic morality tale. Yes! I typed and deleted the term fable a few times because that just wasn‘t right. lol 3h

eeclayton @dabbe Thanks for the backstory. It's interesting to see that the contemporary reader would most probably make the connection to the newspaper reports, and reading it without this knowledge may take away some of the inplied meaning. 3h

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The Adventure of the Creeping Man (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @dabbe

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

CatLass007 I liked the way Watson talked about being aware of the need Holmes had for Watson‘s companionship. 16h

Read4life I also liked what Watson said about Holmes‘ need for him as @CatLass007 mentioned. Otherwise, not my favorite at all. 14h

Cuilin Honestly, it started off strong, dipped in the middle and then abruptly ended. I also knew early in the mystery that this was going to be an older man, wishing he was younger because of a woman. Lol 9h

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CogsOfEncouragement This one has one of my favorite quotes: Come at once if convenient--if inconvenient come all the same. S.H 8h

eeclayton Like @Cuilin , I thought the story had a strong start, and it held my attention. At the end, I felt cheated with the sci-fi-y ending. I would have been happier with a more down-to-earth solution, although I admit that within the story's limits/worldbuilding it was a rational explanation to the professor's change of behaviour. 6h

dabbe @CatLass007 @Read4Life I thought that insight of Watson was intriguing as well. It made me think of Watson as being Sherlock's muse. 4h

dabbe @Cuilin Kind of similar to Shrek drinking a potion to appeal to Fiona! 4h

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I love this quote, too. It reveals Holmes‘ true priority—the case matters more than Watson‘s schedule. But we all know Watson will come no matter what, highlighting their friendship and Watson‘s loyalty. 4h

dabbe @eeclayton Agree 💯. The ending feels abrupt, leaving key questions (e.g., Presbury‘s recovery, Alice‘s fate) unanswered. 4h

Librarybelle Watson‘s insight was a good one. Very astute. This story was…odd. Bizarre. Not very strong, in my opinion. There was one moment I thought Conan Doyle would attempt to go the vampire way, but the monkey angle was pretty far fetched. 3h

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 3h

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii

Thanks, Deb, for giving all of us a chance to reflect on the good in our weeks. 🩵💙🩵
1. Lovely Littens gifting me for my birthday. Thanks again, @Cuilin and @TheBookHippie. 😍😍😍
2. A few days away with my sisters to escape the heat. 🩵💙🩵
3. I have a house, food, and love.
4. Pippa & Kate facing the door waiting for me to come home from my trip.
5. Matthew. #always

Join in sharing your joys!

Leftcoastzen Great joys ! 🐶🐶 20h

rubyslippersreads The Middleton sisters! 😁🐶 20h

TheBookHippie 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 20h

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Aims42 Joyous joys!! 😍🥰🤩💛🧡🩷 20h

AnnCrystal 🥳🎂💝💝💝💝💝. 15h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen @rubyslippersreads @TheBookHippie @Aims42 @AnnCrystal 😍😘😍 5h

MemoirsForMe Happy Belated Birthday! Glad you were able to getaway and celebrate. 🥳❤️🎉 2h

peaKnit Sister trip ❤️ 1h

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CJ (@TheBookHippie), Thank you for thinking of me on my soon-to-be birthday. I am gobsmacked by your thoughtfulness. All gifts relate to haikus and bees: the #haikuhive! What an incredibly heartfelt and thoughtful gift. I admire you immensely and all that you do to fight for those in need and am beyond thankful that I have found you on Litsy. You are a remarkable woman. Thank you, my friend. 🖤💛🖤🐝🐝🐝💛🖤💛

TheBookHippie YAY!!! 🐝💛⭐️👑 ENJOY!!! So grateful for our friendship!! ♥️😘 20h

TheBookHippie The haiku book is a fav of mine 🥰 20h

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😘♥️😘 20h

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dabbe @TheBookHippie It looks gorgeous; I can't wait to buzz on in! 🖤🐝🖤 20h

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🐝💛🐝 20h

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩 Have a 🐝 HaikuHive 🐝Birthday 🥳🎂💝. 15h

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh, @Cuilin, thank you, thank you, thank you! You and I are definitely #sherlocked, and I have enjoyed our journey together with #NoPlaceLikeHolmes. This book is going to bring me HOURS of fun and pleasure! And the coasters were desperately needed. Pippa ate two of our older ones! I am beyond grateful to have found you on Litsy. Thank you, dear friend, for remembering my birthday. 🩵💙🩵

Cuilin You‘re welcome. There‘s one other something on the way!!! 🩷 Happy Birthday 🎉 (edited) 20h

dabbe @Cuilin You've spoiled me enough already! 😂 BTW, I will reply to your email soon. 🩵💙🩵 20h

TheBookHippie Oh fun!!! 20h

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CBee @Cuilin where did you get those amazing coasters? 😍 18h

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😂😄 17h

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩 Happy Birthday 🥳🎂💝. 15h

Cuilin @CBee I got so lucky as I saw them on another website but they were out of stock so I went to amazon (😣) and they had them. 11h

CBee @Cuilin I‘m totally getting some! 8h

Cuilin @CBee love it!!! 8h

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 🩵💙🩵 5h

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Summer Sisters: A Novel | Judy Blume

#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Went to a lavendar farm in Pine and posed for this silly pic. I should have put my head further in!

My silly l'il sis––
you brighten up many days.
Glad you're in my life.

JenlovesJT47 Aww this is so sweet. Sisters are the best ♥️♥️♥️ 1d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 IKR? 🩵💙🩵 1d

Leftcoastzen Cool!bet you all had fun ! I hope so! 1d

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marleed 💕💕 1d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen We did; thank you! 🩵💙🩵 1d

dabbe @marleed 🩵💙🩵 1d

lil1inblue There's no friend like a sister! 😍 What a sweet haiku! 1d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 24h

AnnCrystal Sweet fun 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🥳🐝💝. 20h

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 20h

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Only 112º F today ... a cold spell. #irony #perspective

Back in Phoenix hell––
now with Matthew and the pups.
It's really heaven.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

JenlovesJT47 112!!! 😱😳🤯🥵🥵🥵🥵 2d

TheBookHippie Current temp … checks …65F….🫣 2d

TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 RIGHT?!? Whew 🥵 2d

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ferskner Wooooo! My hometown! (Well, Tempe) 2d

PaperbackPirate 😅☀️ 2d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝🙏🏼☀️😜🧊🐝💝. 2d

lil1inblue Love the haiku and the hell/heaven shift! I do not love 112 degrees, however. I think I would melt. Sending all the cooling vibes! 1d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 It sucks pond water to the nth degree. 🔥🔥🔥 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I could literally cry. 😅 1d

dabbe @ferskner Close enough!!! 🔥🔥🔥 1d

dabbe @PaperbackPirate IYKTYK, right? 🔥🔥🔥 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🔥🔥🔥 1d

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 🔥🔥🔥 1d

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J.K. Rowling

#julyjazz
#fireworks

Hmm. Wonder if George and Fred can work their wonders over here. 🎆🧨🎇

Susanita That‘s my favorite part of the movie. 2d

CBee 🤭🤭🤭 2d

dabbe @Susanita Mine, too! It's so fulfilling to see her get her comeuppance! 1d

dabbe @CBee 🎯🎯🎯 1d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

An earlier post made me want to write an ode to Kraft mac & cheese.

Oh, Kraft mac & cheese––
how well you understand me
when I need comfort.

CBee I love Kraft mac n cheese 🤤 3d

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3d

DebinHawaii Perfect! Sometimes you just need it! 😋 💛🐝🖤 3d

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willaful My kid could've written this. 😂 Though come to think of it. we've had Kraft w/hot dogs as a family a few times recently. (Since my kid won't touch tuna.) All of us needing comfort food! 3d

AnnCrystal Dangerously deliciousness 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🤩🧀😋🐝💝. 3d

MemoirsForMe 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3d

Itchyfeetreader 🥰🥰🥰 3d

JenlovesJT47 Comfort food is the best food!! ♥️♥️♥️ 3d

LiseWorks There are 101 ways to cook Kraft dinner. Hehe, but never ever put ketchup on it. 3d

Kar2b Oh yes, Kraft Mac n cheese is comfort in a box! 2d

Read-n-Bloom 😋 yummy 2d

ShelleyBooksie I feel this. 2d

dabbe @CBee 🩵🎯🩵 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2d

dabbe @DebinHawaii Amen! 🖤🐝💛 2d

dabbe @willaful Ours was Kraft w/ smoked sausage! 😍😂😄 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Yes! 🖤🐝💛 2d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🤩😂🤩 2d

dabbe @Itchyfeetreader 😍😍😍 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🩵🎯🩵 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks You betcha! 🩵🎯🩵 2d

dabbe @Kar2b IKR? 🩵🎯🩵 2d

dabbe @Read-n-Bloom 🩵🎯🩵 2d

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 😂😘😂 2d

willaful @dabbe Oh, with lil smokies would go over very well here! 2d

Prairiegirl_reading Fun fact, in Canada we just call it KD. 2d

dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading What does it stand for? 2d

dabbe @willaful 😍🤩😍 2d

Prairiegirl_reading @dabbe Kraft dinner. We don‘t call it Mac & cheese. 2d

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 1d

dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading #doh! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1d

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#julyjazz
#liberty

Interesting to note the definition of posterity: to preserve something for ALL future generations. ALL. Everyone. All of us. Not you vs. me. All. This is something this current administration clearly does NOT understand or care about. #ranttime

Deblovestoread 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 3d

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🦅💝💝💝. 3d

MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 3d

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Leftcoastzen 👏👍✊ 3d

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TheBookHippie ✊🏼 2d

dabbe @Deblovestoread @AnnCrystal @MemoirsForMe @Leftcoastzen @Aims42 @TheBookHippie 💙✊🏻💙
TBH, I got “posterity“ confused with “progeny“. When I looked up the definition, my brain practically imploded. I wish every American would read this document and the Declaration of Independence to remind ourselves what this country was truly founded on. (minus the topic of slavery being horrifically left out, of course). 2d

TheBookHippie READ being the WORD there… comprehension another 😅 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie #truth 2d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 💝💝💝. 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙✊🏻💙 1d

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Baby, I Don't Care | Chelsey Minnis

#WDNCW #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

Time for your #wdnc thoughts! 🤩😍🤩

We not care that we made the original mac & cheese and didn't even bother to put it on a plate; we just ate the ENTIRE box straight of the pan. Matt was not at home, so we ate like a glutton and loved it.

jdiehr 😋😂 #noregrets 3d

TheKidUpstairs I swear it tastes better eating it off the wooden spoon, straight from the pot! 3d

CatLass007 Dang, I wish I had some macaroni and cheese in the house! It is my favorite comfort food on the planet. You are evil to make me crave this when I don‘t get paid again until the end of the month. 3d

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mcctrish Nobody wants to do extra dishes 3d

TheBookgeekFrau I've done that! 3d

AmyG We do not care that we have done the same thing. 3d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 💯💯💯💯 3d

TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs these are facts. 3d

DGRachel I was just wishing I had a box to make for dinner. I love the fancy homemade stuff, but there‘s too much left over and I end up having to eat it for days. The blue box is perfect for dinner-for-two. 3d

Eggbeater That's an extra dish you don't have to wash. Good thinking! 3d

lil1inblue @TheKidUpstairs is right. It tastes better that way! 🤩 This sounds so comforting! 3d

franciscopoppie @lil1inblue Hi lil1inblue
I don‘t usually comment like this, but I must say, I‘m truly impressed by your profile and your personality. Your sense of humor really stands out too it's refreshing and inspiring 🌺❣. You can send me a message in my gmail: franciscopoppie@gmail.com

franciscopoppie @Eggbeater Hi Eggbeater
I don‘t usually comment like this, but I must say, I‘m truly impressed by your profile and your personality. Your sense of humor really stands out too it's refreshing and inspiring 🌺❣. You can send me a message in my gmail: franciscopoppie@gmail.com

LiseWorks Yes Mac and cheese from the pot 3d

dabbe @jdiehr 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @TheKidUpstairs YES! #woodenspponisamust 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @CatLass007 I'm so sorry! 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 3d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @AmyG 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @DGRachel Or in my case, just one! 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @Eggbeater TY! 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue It really is! 😂😍😂 3d

dabbe @LiseWorks 😂😍😂 3d

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😋👌🏼😂💝. 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😂😍😂 2d

CatLass007 @dabbe No you don‘t. It was #IDontCareWednesday.😂 But I did start my August shopping list. 2d

dabbe @CatLass007 😍 1d

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#julyjazz
#forgiveness

TheBookHippie A whole word. 4d

IriDas ❤️ 4d

ThomsponKK Very true. 4d

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Susanita 💯 4d

MonicaLoves2Read Love this 4d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😉 Truth 💝💝💝. (edited) 3d

KellyHamHer 💯 3d

JenReadsAlot Yes! 3d

lil1inblue 🎯🎯🎯 3d

kspenmoll Totally true & vital. 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @IriDas 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @ThomsponKK 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @Susanita 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @KellyHamHer 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 3d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Just enjoyed a full-throttle monsoon storm up in Pine, AZ. Temps dropped from 95º to 66º in 10 minutes. #heaven

Happily crunching
on pine needles in the rain.
What a perfect day.

JenlovesJT47 Sounds heavenly! 💚💚💚 4d

AmyG Is that an elk? 4d

lil1inblue Love! 💚💚💚 4d

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dabbe @JenlovesJT47 It was! 💚💚💚 4d

dabbe @AmyG Yep. We're seeing tons of them up here, and they're not afraid of us at all! I could have reached out and touched this one. 💚💚💚 4d

MemoirsForMe Wow! What a cool photo! 😍 4d

Amiable 30 degrees in 10 minutes! That must have felt like falling into a cold pool. 😳😬😀 4d

Itchyfeetreader Love the sense of being nature in this one 4d

Susanita Oh deer 4d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe TY! 💚💚💚 4d

dabbe @Amiable It did! 💚💚💚 4d

dabbe @Itchyfeetreader Even if she's munching in front of a house! 💚💚💚 4d

dabbe @Susanita 😂😍😂 4d

AmyG Wow! We get elk in the winter and ours are the biggest scaredy cats. Beautiful! 4d

dabbe @AmyG 😍 4d

AnnCrystal 🤩 An Elk happily crunching a meal, how beautiful indeed 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🦌🐝💝. 4d

CBee Lovely ♥️ 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal IKR? 💚💚💚 3d

dabbe @CBee TY! 💚💚💚 3d

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Sunny Day Scavenger Hunt | Meredith Rusu

#tuesdayscavengerhunt #ocean
@Chrissyreadit

What fun! I hope I'm doing this right! I found this post on THE WAGER from @Blueberry. Tag, you're it! 💙🌊🩵

Chrissyreadit 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 4d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

On a quick girls' trip with my sisters inspired today's haiku. the pic is from our balcony.

TheBookHippie Oh ♥️♥️♥️♥️have the best time!!!! 5d

JenlovesJT47 Beautiful view! Enjoy!! ♥️♥️♥️ 5d

Eggbeater Beautiful! Have a great time! 5d

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Chrissyreadit happy vacations days ❤️! 5d

JamieArc That isn‘t Pinetop AZ is it? I have a good friend who lived in Tucson but had a summer home in Pinetop for the hot months. 5d

AnnCrystal How lovely an adventure 👏🏼🐝👍🏼 and what a beautiful view 🤩🏞️🐝💝. (edited) 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 @Eggbeater @JamieArc @Chrissyreadit @AnnCrystal Thanks, everyone! It's good to have some sister time! 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @JamieArc Nope. Pinetop is about one more hour farther east. Pine is near Payson. The order of towns is Pine, Strawberry, Payson, Heber-Overguaard, then Pinetop. It's even cooler up there! 💙🩵💙 5d

Kristy_K How fun! 5d

dabbe @Kristy_K So far it is! 💙🩵💙 5d

Texreader Oh that‘s an awesome view!! 5d

Leftcoastzen Jealous! Enjoy the cooler temperatures and beautiful trees ! And your sisters of course! 5d

DebinHawaii Wonderful! 💙💙💙 Sister time is the best! 5d

AmyG Enjoy!!! 4d

lil1inblue Sounds epic! Have the best sister time! 😍 😍 😍 4d

dabbe @Texreader It's quite nice and different from the desert. 💙🩵💙 4d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! It'll be in the 90s today and tomorrow, but that beats the 118º that Phoenix is supposed to be tomorrow! 💙🩵💙 4d

dabbe @DebinHawaii I'm glad you just had a lovely time with yours! 💙🩵💙 4d

dabbe @AmyG TY! 💙🩵💙 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💙🩵💙 4d

PurpleyPumpkin Beautiful! Enjoy your time with your sisters!💜 4d

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin TY! 🩵💙🩵 4d

julieclair Woo hoo! Enjoy! 3d

dabbe @julieclair TY! 🩵💙🩵 3d

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#mentalhealthmonday
@kerrbearlib (thanks for the tag! 😍)

Funny you had this question today because I was talking about this very topic with my sisters on our way up north for a little girls' vacay. I spent three hours yesterday cleaning out my closet. I've been in inertia since Nov. 7th and have let my house go to pot. Just organizing what I could helped immensely. I hope to get off my butt and do more of that going forward. 💙🩵💙

MemoirsForMe Cleaning is the best therapy for me too! 5d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🤩😍🤩 5d

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Tombland | C. J. Sansom

It just turn 8 PM in Phoenix, AZ Temps are still above 100º, but the sun is down. Sitting on the couch, ready to catch up with the #ShardlakeBR. Kate almost made it to the couch. She's already hygge-in'.

Have a lovely Sunday, everybody, and kick butt this week! 🩵💙🩵

#hyggehourreadathon
@Alldebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit ( 😍 you ladies!)

TheBookHippie 66F and sprinkling rain… which isn‘t stopping fireworks in the neighborhood 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 at 11PM 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6d

AllDebooks Cute 😍 🐾 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie What frickin' calendar are they following? 😂 6d

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dabbe @AllDebooks 🖤🐾🖤 6d

Leftcoastzen 👍🐶I‘m melting! 6d

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺💝. 6d

Chrissyreadit 😘💛💛💛 5d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I hear ya! 🖤🐾🖤 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐾🖤 5d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 😘🖤🐾🖤 5d

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dabbe

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Nothing like going away for a few days that makes you want to clean out your closet! 😅

Fresh shelves, tidy rows––
hangers dance in ordered joy.
Closet's finely cleaned.

kspenmoll I have to save this one as motivation!!! 6d

dabbe @kspenmoll It's the only room in my house that's now spotless, but it's too tiny to move in there! 😂 6d

Bookwormjillk I‘ve been cleaning out all weekend and it feels so good 6d

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DebinHawaii Oh my, I just posted the antitheses haiku to yours! 💛🐝💛 I‘m not the busy bee in the hive today for sure! 😉😂 6d

KadaGul 🤣🤍😁🤍 6d

julieclair What a fabulous feeling! 6d

AmyG Such a good feeling! Huzzah! 6d

Susanita 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6d

Amiable Fabulous haiku! 6d

JenlovesJT47 I rearranged my entire room this week. Feel like a new person!! So relatable 🩷💚🩷 6d

TheBookHippie YAY!!!!! 6d

Cupcake12 Love this x 6d

CBee Go, you!! ♥️♥️👏🏻👏🏻 6d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk It's the only chaos we can control! 😍 6d

dabbe @DebinHawaii I'll have to take a looksie. 😍 6d

dabbe @KadaGul 😂🩵😂 6d

dabbe @julieclair It really is! 🤩🩵🤩 6d

dabbe @AmyG TY, lovely lady! 😍🩵😍 6d

dabbe @Susanita You inspired me! 😍🤩😍 6d

dabbe @Amiable TY! 😍🤩😍 6d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 IKR? 😍🤩😍 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie THANK YOU for inspiring me! 😍🤩😍 6d

dabbe @Cupcake12 TY! 😍🤩😍 6d

dabbe @CBee TY, m'dear! 😍🤩😍 6d

TheBookHippie It‘s such zen♥️ 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I do with my hangers would dance, though! 😂 6d

Leftcoastzen I so need to clean my closet! 6d

AnnCrystal “Hangers Dance In Ordered Joy.“ Like in a fun Disney movie 👏🏼🐝👌🏼👚💃👕🐝💝. 6d

Itchyfeetreader Yes @AnnCrystal this is giving real Mary Poppins to me ! Love it 6d

AnnCrystal @Itchyfeetreader Exactly 👏🏼🥳👌🏼💝💝💝. 6d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen It was quite cathartic. But it took all afternoon! 😂 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal I can hear the dancing Disney song in my head! 😍🤩😍 5d

dabbe @Itchyfeetreader TY! 😍🤩😍 5d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 👏🏼💃🎶💝💝💝. 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😍🤩😍 5d

lil1inblue Love this - it inspires me to clean mine! 😍 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue It felt soooo goooooood! 😍🤩😍 4d

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Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Have had this on my TBR close to forever. K know about the hype, but Is it still worth reading, anyone? 🤔

JenReadsAlot I read it recently and didn't like it. 6d

monalyisha Oof. This is one I‘m glad I read in a classroom setting. Part of its whole being is that the language is insidiously gorgeous and lush while the topic is so base, disgusting, and unforgivable. You become culpable by reading. 6d

dabbe @monalyisha @JenReadsALot So good to know! Thank you! I think I need to say, “So long, Lolita!“ 😂 6d

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monalyisha @dabbe It‘s a beautiful and terrible book. Rife for study and so hard. 6d

Ruthiella It made me very angry. 6d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I consider it a book that I liked but did not want to like. Weird. So sad to say though, in my psychologist‘s voice, this is a true story for many. Predators are real. (edited) 6d

Susanita I bailed pretty early but your mileage may vary! 6d

shortsarahrose It‘s been over a decade since I‘ve read it, but I‘d agree with the assessment from @monalyisha 6d

dabbe @Ruthiella @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @Susanita @shortsarahrose Thanks, everyone! I think I will give Vladimir the boot on this one. There are just too many other good books out there, right? I appreciate and am following your opinions! 😍 6d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I agree to move on 6d

Scochrane26 I read it and remember it being ok, but I don‘t think it‘s a necessary read. I remember getting bored with the predator‘s thoughts. 6d

BookmarkTavern I definitely agree it‘s an okay book to skip. Knowing its cultural impact is more than enough. Thanks for posting! 6d

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Bloodline | Sidney Sheldon

Reposting this MARVELOUS drive hosted by the incomparable @TieDyeDude!
“This year, I am hosting the first Litsy blood drive 🩸 Whether you are a seasoned pro or new to the game, I welcome you to schedule a donation on or around August 9. Not everyone is eligible or willing to donate, so I've listed a couple other ways to participate. Please help spread the word with #litsyblooddrive.“

Hope everyone can find a way to be involved! 💙🩸💙

TieDyeDude Thanks for the repost ♥️🩸 6d

dabbe @TieDyeDude What a worthwhile thing you are doing! ♥️🩸♥️ 5d

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#julyjazz
#mentalhealth

KadaGul I need to get to the mat to be in this position 🤣🤣 6d

dabbe @KadaGul IKR? 😂 6d

Jari-chan My whole life is in this position 😅 6d

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squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 6d

CBee I LOVE Gemma Correll!!! 6d

Suet624 Oh Lordy. Too close to my reality. 6d

AmyG Hahahahaha. Perfect. 6d

dabbe @Jari-chan 🩵🎯🩵 6d

dabbe @squirrelbrain 😂😂😂 6d

dabbe @CBee #sheerawesomeness! 😂😍😂 6d

dabbe @Suet624 🩵🎯🩵 6d

dabbe @AmyG 😂😅😂 6d

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Indivisible | Daniel Aleman

#julyjazz
#indivisible

To view this exhibit: https://notrealart.com/exhibition/indivisible-2024/

Deblovestoread Some powerful images! Thanks for the link. 7d

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 💙✊🏻💙 7d

bookandbedandtea 😫 7d

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AnnCrystal 🥺🙏🏼. 7d

kspenmoll Thank you for link to exhibit! 3d

dabbe @bookandbedandtea 🩵🎯🩵 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 3d

dabbe @kspenmoll YW! 😍 3d

ChelseaM6010 💙💙 2d

dabbe @ChelseaM6010 💙💙 2d

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Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#fictionaltraveler
@julieclair 😘

The #ShardlakeBR is beginning our LAST book in the series. I can't believe it! We'll be on the merry ol' island of England surrounded by water on all sides! It looks like a lot of time will be spent in the Northfolk area, bordering the North Sea on the east. The North Sea reminds me of Wart (King Arthur) learning to fly as a goose (thanks to Merlyn's magic) over the North Sea with Lyo-Lyok. Love that book! 🌊

julieclair Enjoy! 6d

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dabbe

Thirteen Steps Down | Ruth Rendell

#readyourkindle #readyourebooks #readyourbooks #readreadread!
@CBee 😘

Hoping to have better reading this month!

CBee Me too! I can‘t seem to just SIT and read. Ugh. 1w

AmyG Agree. I have been having a hard time concentrating. 7d

dabbe @CBee @AmyG 🎯🩵🎯 7d

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CBee @AmyG I‘m sorry it‘s happening to you too 🤦‍♀️ 7d

dabbe @CBee We can snap out of it, ladies! Are ya with me? 💙✊🏻💙 7d

AmyG @dabbe I promise to try! 7d

CBee @dabbe I‘m with you!! 6d

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dabbe

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Agatha Christie

#bookspin #bookspin25 #bookspin2025 @TheAromaOfBooks

Set up for the 2nd half of the year. How is that possible? ⌛️

Scochrane26 Oh, I love your #doublespin book! 7d

dabbe @Scochrane26 Psst: I've read it before. What an ending, huh? I can't wait to read it again! 🤩 7d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6d

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dabbe

The Complete Sherlock Holmes | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#serenesaturdays @TheBookHippie

Love this idea! 😍

It may sound weird, but Sherlock is my go-to for zen as well as PEANTUS and MUTTS comics. People who know me probably get tired of me always citing these three, but they are like the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese comfort food of my childhood.

My music zen lately has been rain and ocean sounds, as well as anything by a Windham Hill artist, especially George Winston.

ALL are welcome to share! 💙

Aims42 I love you descending PEANUTS and MUTTS as your Kraft macaroni and cheese childhood comfort food ☺️ That‘s the perfect way to describe them, I agree they‘re classic and timeless, just like the Mac & cheese 🤗🩷 1w

dabbe @Aims42 It'd help if this retired English teacher could spell macaroni correctly! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1w

Aims42 @dabbe Lol! I got what you were saying, all good! 🤣 Now I‘m hankering for some Kraft Mac & cheese hahaha 7d

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Susanita Macaroni and cheese! I think of that for CSI and NCIS too. 7d

dabbe @Aims42 Me, too! 🍜 7d

dabbe @Susanita 😍 7d

Roary47 I would say it is DogMan or other silly comics. 7d

dabbe @Roary47 I so agree about the comics! They really do take you away! 🤩 7d

AnnCrystal Not possible to become tired of these classics 🎻🐾👏🏼😉👍🏼💝💝💝...and now I want some Macaroni and cheese 😂😋👌🏼💝. 7d

Butterfinger During my time of no reading, I read a lot of Calvin and Hobbes. 7d

dabbe @Butterfinger 💙🩵💙 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal IKR? I'm hungry! 😋🤩😍 7d

kspenmoll Poetry i find coming. Also I have a playlist, titled Sacred which I listen to. 3d

dabbe @kspenmoll Poetry definitely is zen. I'd love your playlist, too, I bet! 😍 3d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Having a day of lethargy, yet ever aware of how fast life is going by. ⌛️🖤⌛️

JenlovesJT47 I know what you mean. I am hyper aware every day. Time flies so fast! ♥️♥️♥️ 1w

lil1inblue I like how the haiku starts with a slow, relaxing image, then shifts to the speed of time! 🤩🤩🤩 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙⌛️🩵 1w

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dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💙⌛️🩵 1w

AnnCrystal I don't even know what happened with the month of June this year. It was so utter chaotic that it just just zipped by... although I was thankful for a new month, you know 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😶‍🌫️🐝💝. 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal The closer we get to 2028, the better! 😂✊🏻😍 7d

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼🦅👌🏼. 7d

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#fridaythefourthplaylist

Thanks to all who shared their favorite songs of America. Some are classic, some are sappy, some are fun, some are about states, some are about cities, some are about protesting, some are about peace .... the songs of our country's soul in all its bare glory and heartache. 🇺🇸

As of this writing, we have 296 songs! If more post, I'll keep adding. Enjoy this list! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5LabkE4Y1aIFJffvjvZgi0

Chrissyreadit 😘💙💙💙wow! a labour of love! thank you! 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit YW! It was fun! 😍😘🥰 1w

kspenmoll WOW! Thank you! 1w

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lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 Most excellent! Thank you! 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll YW! 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue YW! 💙💙💙 1w

Deblovestoread Fantastic! TY 7d

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 💙💙💙 7d

Leftcoastzen I was really happy to see that Dead Kennedys song in there ! 7d

Leftcoastzen https://youtu.be/uRU_ruqnR6Q?si=QkxS6qzMawvkqQDX 7d

AnnCrystal 🎶💃✊🏼🥳💝. 7d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 💙✊🏻💙 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙💙💙 7d

Leftcoastzen https://youtu.be/A0PNW4DXwJ0?si=HNnSOhARG2DwgR-M 7d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯🩵🎯 7d

Sace I love this list so much! Thank you! 4d

dabbe @Sace Thanks for contributing such great songs! 💙♥️💙 4d

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii

1. Matt still brings me flowers. 💐 #mattalways
2. The #staycationswap (thanks again, @Meshell1313! 💙)
3. All the Litten activities and the Littens who generously participate in them.
4. The #bbb (IFYTYK). ♥️
5. That we do have a country worth fighting for. 💙✊🏻💙

Susanita 💙 ❤ 1w

dabbe @Susanita 💙🤍♥️ 1w

kspenmoll Litsy & Littens is/are treasures for us all…a country worth fighting for- so much energy rising- ❤️🤍💙 1w

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dabbe @kspenmoll 💙🤍♥️ 1w

DebinHawaii Lovely joys! Love all the Littens fighting the fight! ❤️🤍💙 1w

Aims42 Excellent joys this week!! 💕💕💕 1w

Sace 3 and 5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1w

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1w

Chrissyreadit 💙💙💙💙 1w

CBee Love youuuu tons my friend #bbb 1w

lil1inblue 💓💓💓💓💓 1w

AnnCrystal ✊🏼💝💝💝💝💝. 1w

Meshell1313 ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

dabbe @DebinHawaii 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Aims42 TY! 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Sace 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @CBee Back atcha, m'dear! #bbb 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Meshell1313 🩵💙🩵 1w

MemoirsForMe ❤️🙌🏻❤️ 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 💙🩵💙 1w

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The Staycation | Cressida McLaughlin

Hallelujah for #staycationswap opening day! OMG, @Meshell1313, you beyond spoiled me for my staycation to Dartmoor, England, where Sherlock Holmes's Hound of the Baskervilles runs wild! The books, journal, treats, tea, bookmark, sticker, coin purse, mug ... all take me to the place I hope to visit most one day. I just can't thank you enough. And what a much needed uplift for today. 😍🥰😘

P.S. Pip and Katie had fun, too!

@Chrissyreadit, @DinoMom

Chrissyreadit 😍🥳😍🥳😍🥳 1w

TheBookHippie That tea is so good!!!! What a lovely haul!! 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 💙🩵💙 1w

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dabbe @TheBookHippie How do you make yours? 💙🩵💙 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe I‘m a complete snob - I boil water in my electric kettle to heat my teapot- put in teapot(a bit to swirl around) then dump it after swirling and heating it up then put 4 -6tea bags in - then pour rest of hot water through and let it set in teapot 5-7 minutes . (about one teaspoon per cup or one teabag per cup) is that clear as mud 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️😝 (edited) 1w

ShelleyBooksie Awesome package and pics! 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Me: 😳😲🤩 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 💙🩵💙 1w

tpixie @TheBookHippie interesting/ so you heat your tea pot up before you add the water and tea to seep? 1w

tpixie @dabbe what lovely bookish gifts!!! 1w

TheBookHippie @tpixie yes 😅 it‘s how my Bubbe taught me 💕💕 1w

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺💝. 1w

Meshell1313 Yay! Soo glad you like it! I had so much fun with the Sherlock theme! 🩷🩷🩷🩷 1w

Meshell1313 And your pups are just the absolute cutest! 😍 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @tpixie @Meshell1313 spoiled the heck outta me! 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Meshell1313 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Meshell1313 Pip (the black one) wanted the toffies right away! 🖤🐾🖤 1w

tpixie @dabbe yes! Great job @Meshell1313 1w

tpixie @TheBookHippie 💙🩵💙 1w

DinoMom Great package 1w

dabbe @DinoMom Thanks for all of the hard work you and @Chrissyreadit did to make such a special and much-needed swap! 🤩😍🤩 1w

Chrissyreadit 😘😘😘 1w

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#julyjazz #stars&stripes

ShelleyBooksie Happy 4th @dabbe 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥲✊🏼🦅👍🏼💝. 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie TY! 💙🇺🇸♥️ 1w

dabbe 🇺🇸✊🏻🇺🇸 1w

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

A not-so-happy 4th, but I'm trying.

Cracked fireworks fall––
but from the ash, voices rise.
Hope is still alive.

JenReadsAlot Same.... 1w

GHABI4ROSES Here. 1w

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 💙✊🏻💙 1w

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dabbe @GHABI4ROSES 💙✊🏻💙 1w

Butterfinger Goosebumps 1w

dabbe @Butterfinger 💙✊🏻💙 1w

Jari-chan ✊✊✊ 1w

dabbe @Jari-chan 💙✊🏻💙 1w

lil1inblue Chills, ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙✊🏻💙 1w

CBee AMAZING haiku. Captures it all 👏🏻 1w

ShelleyBooksie Beautiful poem ♡ 1w

AnnCrystal This is beautiful & essential 👏🏼🐝“HOPE Is Still Alive“✊🏼🥲🐝💝. 1w

JenlovesJT47 ♥️♥️♥️ 1w

dabbe @CBee 💙✊🏻💙 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie ♥️🇨🇦🤍 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! It is! 💙✊🏻💙 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙💙💙 1w

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#fridaythe4thplaylist @dabbe
The top 10 I'll be listening to (in no particular order):
1. A Change is Gonna Come: Sam Cooke
2. Fight the Power: Public Enemy
3. Respect: Aretha Franklin
4. We Shall Overcome: Pete Seeger
5. This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday: U2
7. Big Yellow Taxi: Joni Mitchell
8. 99 Luftballons: Nena
9. Allentown: Billy Joel
10. What a Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

ALL are welcome to share. 💙🤍♥️

Susanita From the squeaky tank parade, Fortunate Son by CCR 1w

IriDas Bruce Springsteen. 1w

IriDas @Susanita 🤣 😝 🤣 😝 1w

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dabbe @Susanita Love me some CCR! 🤩😍🤩 1w

dabbe @IriDas #theboss 🤩😍🤩 1w

LitStephanie The Revolution Starts Now by Steve Earle, Willie Says by Dana Lyons, and Blue Skies for Everyone by Bob Schneider. 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼✨💃🏽🎶💖. 1w

Eggbeater This is a great idea. I think I will try angry, feminist punk rock, starting with War on Women. It will help me get out my aggression. If I make a playlist, I will let you know. 1w

lil1inblue Just have to say: I love Sam Cooke's music so very much. 💓💓💓 1w

lil1inblue All You Fascists Bound to Lose (I like the Resistance Revival Chorus cover), Take the Power Back by Rage Against the Machine (or any of their music), 1w

lil1inblue Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire, FREEDOM by Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar, Changes by Tupac 1w

Susanita My sister is wearing a shirt that says This land is made for you & me … so how about some Woody Guthrie 1w

dabbe @LitStephanie 🤩😍🤩 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩😍🤩 1w

dabbe @Eggbeater 🤩😍🤩 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤩😍🤩 1w

lil1inblue @Susanita Woody Guthrie! Hell yeah! 🤩 (Pardon my french) 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue Parlez-vous le francais all you want! 😂 1w

TheBookHippie You all are so much nicer than me. My playlist a tad harsher 🤣 1w

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue YAAAAAS!!! 1w

TheBookHippie @Susanita CCR !!!! 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Will you share it so I can add it to the overall playlist? Harsh works just fine! 🤩😍🤩 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 just a sec… 1w

CSeydel Bells of Freedom, by Bon Jovi 1w

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#loyalty
#julyjazz

IMHO: in a democratic framework, blind loyalty to a specific leader or person is dangerous. Democracy is based on principles, laws, and institutions—not on reverence for an individual. This contrasts with autocratic or monarchical systems where personal allegiance to a ruler might be expected or demanded. 💙✊🏻💙

lil1inblue ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙✊🏻💙 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures Leader, person, or party! I wrote Jeffries a strongly worded letter last weekend over his words about Zohran Mamdani. You are never going to find me blindly following any one party, or person. Every one of our officials can do better (and I don't trust fully any of them) 1w

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Hooked_on_books 🙌🏼 1w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 💙✊🏻💙 1w

dabbe @Hooked_on_books 💙✊🏻💙 1w

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🥺✌🏼🙏🏼💝. 1w

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Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky : Piano / Vocal / Chords | Alfred Publishing

#madeinusa
#julyjazz

lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 1w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks A favorite 💪🏻 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤩🥊🤩 1w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Me, too. Something we have in common. 💪🏻 1w

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#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

Not a fun one today, my friends. Below is a gifted link to a survey to see how this “sweeping bill to fulfill Trump's domestic agenda“ (NYT) will impact you. Unlike other surveys I've done, you actually want to score as low as possible on this one. I hope that you do. 🤞🏻 No need to share or list unless you want to. Back to fun next Thursday.

Link: https://shorturl.at/fOjhk

Bookwormjillk Thanks 1w

peaKnit Thank you for sharing. 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 💙🤞🏻💙 1w

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dabbe @peaKnit 💙🤞🏻💙 1w

TheBookHippie Thank you. 💙 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💙🤞🏻💙 1w

lil1inblue Thank you for sharing this! 💙 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙🤞🏻💙 1w

Amiable This is important information that people should have known before voting for (gesturing broadly around) 1w

dabbe @Amiable A f---ing amen! 🎯🩵🎯 1w

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#thoughtsforthursday

Thanks for inspiring me to post this, @AmyG, @TheBookHippie, and @lil1inblue!

I once joked with my favorite junior class about being “Crabby Abbe.“ One lady replied, “Oh, we love you, Mrs. Abbe.“ When I asked why, she answered, “Because you keep it real. You don't bullshit with us.“ (yep, that very word!) I am grateful for all of us to speak truth to power and to fight every day to keep our democracy. 💙✊🏻💙

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙 1w

Butterfinger While reading my last book, "How?" and "Why?" kept going through my mind. I live in a hate-consumed society. I can see how genocide can happen again. I can see why it can happen. I thank God that the hate is not a part of my soul, that I am able to fight the hate, and I am raising two girls with my values that every person deserves dignity and respect and protection. 1w

dabbe @Butterfinger L💙VE. 💙💙💙 1w

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 💙💙💙 1w

peaKnit Yay for no bullshit. 1w

lil1inblue @Butterfinger 💙💙💙 1w

lil1inblue I love this! 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙💙💙 1w

AnnCrystal Bravo!! This is too sweet 🍏✊🏼🥲✌🏼💝 1w

AnnCrystal @Butterfinger 💝🫂💝. 1w

Sace This is exactly why I love teaching high school. They keep it real too. 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe @Sace Boy, do they! And they keep you on your toes! 💙💙💙 1w

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Much needed rain last night + nature's fireworks = Heat respite.

A 'Zona monsoon.
Lightning, thunder, pouring rain––
Nature with a 'tude.

lil1inblue Ooh! I can feel the 'tude! 🤩 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤩🐝😍 1w

CBee Yay for rain in Arizona!! 1w

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dabbe @CBee IKR? The temps went down to 75º last night! 🤩🐝😍 1w

JenlovesJT47 Great freaking picture!! We‘re in the middle of a very noisy thunderstorm right now too. ⛈️⚡️☔️💦🩵 1w

JenlovesJT47 Love the haiku as well, I love what you did with the contractions. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I wish I had taken it! But that is exactly what our lightning looked like in the 'hood! ⚡️ 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Had the 5-7-5 ringing in my ears! 🤩😍🤩 1w

CBee @dabbe downright chilly!! 😂 1w

TheBookHippie Yay rain! 1w

dabbe @CBee 😂 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie So desperately needed ... even for the 🌵! 1w

AnnCrystal 🤩 This is incredibly beautiful, the power in that a 'tude 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩🤩🤩🐝💖. 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal It was incredible! 😍🐝🤩 1w

Itchyfeetreader Love this a true nature haiku 1w

dabbe @Itchyfeetreader 😍🐝🤩 1w

julieclair What a photo! And clever syllable-counting. 😀 1w

dabbe @julieclair I try! 😍😂🤩 1w

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#haikuhive

Feeling my age today. 😅

Rotator cuff tears
in two difference places.
Surgery to come.

TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhh it‘s so common menopause and post menopause!!! I‘m so so sorry…. Yuk 1w

AmyG Well that sucks. 1w

Susanita Ugh. I hope your healing goes smoothly. 1w

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AnnCrystal No...not during your Birthday Month. 🙏🏼 Heal well 💝💝💝. 1w

Amiable Ugh! I had rotator-cuff surgery about 10 years ago. Do you have a recliner? That was the most comfortable place to sleep for the first 8 weeks afterwards. 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie #thistooshallpassright #right? 😅 1w

dabbe @AmyG My primary doc would tell me that my body's letting me know I'm alive. #oy 🙄 1w

dabbe @Susanita #metoo (not the movement, well, you know!) 😂 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal IKR? #woeisme or is it #woeisi? 🤔 😅 1w

dabbe @Amiable No, I don't. 😩 Think I'll have to start looking for one. 😅 1w

JenlovesJT47 Ugh I‘m sorry! I have labral tears in both shoulders (and possibly my hip I dislocated 😣) so I know it‘s rough. Wishing you a successful surgery with many excellent books to keep you company afterwards. Dunno what I would have done all these years if I hadn‘t been working at an ortho doctors‘ office since I was 13 😆 (my mom works there still!!). 1w

AmyG Your primary doc needs a better bedside manner! 🤣 1w

TheBookHippie @Amiable oh yah I second the recliner!! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh no!! That sounds so painful. I hope they can get you in soon and that it goes well. 1w

IriDas Ugh, sounds terrible. I hope the surgery is successful 1w

TheBookgeekFrau That just sucks 😖 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Are you just living with your tears? 😱 I can't even imagine. And what can be done with your dislocated hip? Do you hope it pops back into place? 😱 I'm feeling for ya! 💙 1w

dabbe @AmyG He's a wee bit younger. The bastard. 😂 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie @Amiable Good to know! Any recommendations? 1w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures I don't even get in to see him to chat about stuff until 7/22. Luckily, I have some pain meds. 😅 1w

dabbe @IriDas TY! 💙 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau It does. But I'm still above the ground and not underneath it, so that's a plus! 😅 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe I had frozen shoulder, but it‘s a lazy boy- friend currently borrowing -it but I made sure the material didn‘t make me too hot! 1w

Leftcoastzen Sorry you have to go through that ! 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie So no leather, right? 😂 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! Another right of passage to being older and letting your German shepherd chase a bird and drag you to the ground. 😅 1w

Susanita Did you throw too many curve balls? 😉 1w

lil1inblue Oh, my! 😱 I hope that the surgery goes well and that you heal swiftly! But hopefully, you'll get some good guilt-free reading time! 1w

Amiable @TheBookHippie @dabbe I commandeered my husband‘s for the duration, to his dismay. 😄 I think it was a La-Z Boy also. We don‘t have it anymore. Which arm are you doing? Make sure that you can reach the lever with your good side! 😬 1w

Amiable Oh, also make sure to have a selection of big shirts that button up the front because you won‘t be putting your arm through a sleeve for a while. 1w

ShelleyBooksie Oh no! Boo on doggy related injuries! Sending you healing vibes ♡♡♡ 1w

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe thanks for asking! A dislocation didn‘t show on x-rays so I had to get an MRI. Seeing the doc next week. He thinks I might have a labral tear in my hip. That would be my luck for sure! Crutches kill me so I‘ve altered my gait & walk on my tiptoes on that side. Not fun. Sorry, that was probably more information than you were looking for! 😅 1w

Amiable And ask the surgeon when you can start PT —as soon as possible to avoid frozen shoulder if you can. Ask about passive PT where the therapist moves your slack arm around for you. 1w

AvidReader25 I‘m so sorry! Praying the surgery goes well! 1w

Librarybelle Oh no! 1w

AnnCrystal @dabbe I will leave this to the teacher 😂💝💝💝. 1w

Sarahreadstoomuch I‘m so sorry! 1w

Texreader 🙁 I sure hope you‘re doing ok and that surgery is successful. I hear it‘s all about the rehab. 1w

Chrissyreadit ugh! No Bueno!!! I was able to use PT only for mine (thankful no surgery)and agree good PT is huge! hope your pain is not too much 1w

Bookwormjillk Oh no! I agree with @Amiable on the rehab. It‘s torture but helpful torture. My other suggestion is to get yourself a back scratcher. Hope you can get it taken care of soon! 1w

CBee @dabbe sounds like when my GYN told me to “ride it out” after I explained all of my menopause symptoms. Butthead. 1w

TheBookHippie @Amiable YES PT!!!!! 1w

dabbe @Susanita As if I could! No, Pip dragged me to the ground chasing a damn bird. 😅 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue That's the plus to it all! TY. 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Amiable Another good point! It's my right one, the one I do everything with, of course! I can still move it, just not in certain directions. 😅 1w

dabbe @Amiable Holy guacamole! TY! I don't have any button-ups; they're all pullovers. Here's a plus: time to go shopping! 😂 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal I think it's “Woe is I“ because if you put the sentence in the correct order of subject before verb, you say, “I am woe.“ Now that I've just done that, I should have said “Woe AM I.“ I need to review my grammar! 😅 1w

dabbe @Texreader You instantly reminded me of Amy Winehouse's “Rehab.“
Obviously for very different reasons. TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit We'll see what his final opinion is, but the fact that there are two tears makes my primary doc think surgery would be better. Based on the f-in' big beautiful bill, I better get this done soon. 😅 TY for the kind words, m'dear. 💙🩵💙 1w

Chrissyreadit fingers and toes crossed! 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I am starting to make a list! Backscratcher: #mostexcellent TY 🩵💙🩵 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Truth!! And here's to it staying that way for a long time! 🥂💜 1w

dabbe @CBee ESPECIALLY if your GYN was a female. 😤😂 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit Definitely not shoulders! 🥰 1w

CBee @dabbe nope, it‘s a dude. Too bad cause he was pretty cool before he said that 😂🫣🤪 1w

dabbe @CBee Well, not only is that a dick-downer-for-women, but #patriarchylives even with the best of 'em! 1w

julieclair Ugh. Hope you‘re not in too much pain while you wait to get it fixed, and your healing is smooth and speedy. 💙💙💙 1w

Butterfinger I hate that. Keep us posted on your journey to feel better. 1w

willaful Best of luck! 1w

Read4life I‘m sorry, Denise. Did you at least get an apology snuggle from Pip? It sucks you have to wait so long for your appointment. Please keep us updated. 💙💙💙 1w

AnnCrystal @dabbe go with the original & just say you're being whimsical 😂👌🏼💝💝💝. 1w

LiseWorks Oh boy! This sucks. Please keep us updated. Sending lots of 🫂 1w

staci.reads Oh no! I hope All goes well with surgery and you're feeling pain free soon! 1w

Cuilin Oh no. I‘m so sorry. Hope you your healing is quick and you can hold books and turn pages, if not there‘s always audiobooks. Ugh!!! Sending speedy healing vibes. 🩷 1w

Meshell1313 Oh no. So sorry to hear this! Sending lots of healing thoughts your way! ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

dabbe @julieclair TY! It's tolerable. Pain killers help. 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Butterfinger I will. TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @willaful TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Read4life Oh yes; Pip has already forgotten about it! 😂 TY. 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😂😍😂 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @staci.reads TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Cuilin I luckily can still turn with my left hand. 😅 TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Meshell1313 TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

DebinHawaii Oh ouch! I am so sorry. Getting older really sucks sometimes. I will think healing thoughts. 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe @DebinHawaii I'm so happy you said “older“ and not “old“! 😂 That means I still have lots of years left, right? 💙🩵💙 1w

DebinHawaii @dabbe Hah! 😂 I hope so—for both of us! 💙💙💙 1w

RosePressedPages The same thing happened to my dad a little while ago. He‘s still in a sling. Here‘s to hoping you‘ll have a speedy recovery 💙 1w

kspenmoll Oh no, I am so sorry! I have shoulder surgery that entailed more than rotator cuff, & I was “older so recovery longer” ( plus it was on right side; I am right handed) but now I am so much better! Cleaned up arthritis, bone in bone while in there as well. You can do it! 1w

dabbe @RosePressedPages TY! 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll You give me hope! I've got arthritis in there, too. Maybe I can get a whole clean-er-up-while-you're-in-there detail! 😂 1w

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#ranttime

Bookwormjillk I'm celebrating by cleaning a stream. Can't really bring myself to do much more. (edited) 1w

lil1inblue I feel this in my bones. I'll be spending the day finishing An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. I can't think of a more appropriate activity in these times. 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I hear ya. 💙✊🏻💙 1w

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dabbe @lil1inblue Great idea! I'll look into reading something like that, too. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w

AmyG I just want to go on my vacation. Everything just saddens me. 😥 1w

Aims42 Yep, I‘ll be spending the day sitting in the a/c while reading and dissociating from -gestures around vaguely- everything. 1w

dabbe @AmyG Ditto, my friend. 💙✊🏻💙 1w

dabbe @Aims42 Same here, sista. 💙✊🏻💙 1w

julieclair What a fabulous quote! 💙 1w

JenReadsAlot Facts! 1w

dabbe @julieclair IKR? 💙 1w

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 💙✊🏻💙 1w

ImperfectCJ 💙 As someone who grew up with a career military dad who still works in the Pentagon at nearly 75 years old and who taught me how to love our country by being critical, vocal, and always demanding accountability and character from our elected officials, I plan to celebrate by exercising my First Amendment responsibilities. I love our Constitution, and I believe that the country's mistakes are an opportunity to improve, not to despair. 1w

ImperfectCJ (I say while fantasizing about moving to a different country...gotta have a balance for sanity.) 1w

dabbe @ImperfectCJ Beautifully stated, and things I needed to hear because I have been in some form of despair since November 2024. Thank you. ♥️🤍💙 1w

dabbe @ImperfectCJ 🎯🩵🎯 1w

Bette I‘ve got a decade on you…and I‘m so tired of the news…despair weighs heavy. But books help 👏 1w

dabbe @Bette You are beyond correct. Thank you. 💙🩵💙 1w

AnnCrystal @ImperfectCJ To your dad and your family, Thank You for this service 🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲✌🏼💝. 1w

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🙏🏼✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅✊🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼. 1w

Chrissyreadit wow! great post! I will be home, reading and trying not to stress about a country that elected evil and causes so much pain and terror 1w

Amiable 💙💙💙 1w

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I can't tell y'all how much I am enjoying these! Such relief and laughter! Thank you! 🤗😍🥰

lil1inblue These are fantastic. I find this so freeing! And I don't feel like a total weirdo! 😍 1w

Karisa Dogs are the best! They don‘t care about any of the superficial stuff either—just love and give love 😍 1w

JenlovesJT47 I have a few stray white hairs in my black eyebrows. They are well-earned!! 🤍🤍🤍 1w

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JenlovesJT47 And happy birthday!! 🥳🥳🥳 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue #weirdosoftheworldunite! 😍😂😘 1w

dabbe @Karisa 🎯🩵🎯! 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 IKR? #ourbadgesofhonor 🤍🤍🤍 1w

julieclair Oh my gosh… the cleaning, sorting one pretty much sums up my outlook on life right now! 1w

dabbe @julieclair 💙🩵💙 1w

Texreader Love it!! 1w

dabbe @Texreader 💙🩵💙 1w

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🥳👌🏼💝...our 🐾 babies know they are our babies 😂💝. 1w

peaKnit Dog mom is boloney, who‘d want to be a dog mom? Balanced meals and no television or treats? NOT! Dog Grandma, that‘s where it is at! 🙌🏼 and Happy Bastille Birthday soon!! 1w

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It has to be Wednesday in some parts of the world! Okay, whatcha got? What do we NOT care about this week/day/month/year ... Feel free to use the template above to post, or comment below: whatever knocks your socks off. WE DO NOT CARE how you present, just do it (as Nike would say). And please tag me so I can be sure to enjoy them! 🤗

Original post explaining all this can be found at: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2877293

mcctrish I, this week, put Melani and this together 🤯😆 I know we are only proud when our brains do all the things and we don‘t care when they don‘t 2w

dabbe @mcctrish Amen! 😂😍😎 2w

Liz_M My nice linen work shirt is a mess of wrinkles, but I Don't Care. If it's hot enough for linen, it's too f☀☀king hot to iron. Also, I haven't owned an iron/ironing board in 20 years. 1w

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Sace @Liz_M I do not own an ironing board. I do have an iron, a kitchen table and a towel 😂 (that I only use for ironing the straps in my overalls when they come out of the dryer). 1w

kspenmoll @Sace @Liz_M we do not own an iron or ironing board either-in fact when my don was tested in kindergarten they were concerned he could not identify an iron- until I told them he had never seen one! 1w

kspenmoll We don‘t care that there is a Chewy opened, empty card board box that has been outside for weeks decorating our side lawn….we do not care that all our tax bills -sewer, car, property arrived promptly on July 1 & sit unopened in a pile… (edited) 1w

dabbe @Liz_M Amen! L😍VE this! I have an iron stashed in the garage and have no idea why it's still there. You've inspired me to get rid of it! 😂 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll Oh, those Chewy boxes! Pip loves to eat them and spread tiny pieces all over the yard! And the bills can always wait a day or two, right? L😍VE these! 1w

DGRachel I just saw this and I absolutely love it! Must go figure out what I care about the least today…🤣 3d

dabbe @DGRachel #yahooyou! I can't wait to see it! 😍 3d

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Tombland | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR @dabbe

Excellent discussion yesterday, Shardlakians! We now approach the last book in the series: TOMBLAND. And it is a major chunkster: 86 chapters and close to 900 pages! That's why we'll read it in three parts; then, the length will be pretty close to what we've been doing all along. Happy reading!

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

Susanita Is this the right tag list? ;) 2w

CBee @Susanita I was wondering 😂 2w

Librarybelle OMG! I‘m still on book two. I really fell behind! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w

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dabbe @Susanita @CBee Oops! Sorry about that! #toomanylists 😂 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle You're running too many book clubs, m'dear! 😂 Seriously, no worries! 💙🩵💙 2w

AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag, but I don't have this book. My apologies. 📚💝. 2w

CBee @dabbe I‘m really surprised I haven‘t done this yet 😂 2w

LiseWorks Fantastic about breaking it up because I can take time reading it. 2w

Cuilin @Librarybelle You‘re not alone, I‘m on book two also 🤦‍♀️ 1w

Librarybelle That makes me feel better, @Cuilin ! 1w

lil1inblue I can't believe we're on the last book! No more H VIII - this promises to be interesting! 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? Thank goodness! 😍 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue I think we're going to see more of Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward in this one! 🤩 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle I hope you know I was just kidding with you. You've got so much on your plate so absolutely no worries whatsoever. 😍 1w

lil1inblue @dabbe It's gonna be interesting! 🤩🤩🤩 1w

Librarybelle Oh I completely know! I won‘t be blocking you anytime soon! 😂 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle Now THAT made my day. 😍😂😘 1w

Daisey This is the only one of the series I've not read at all, and I just downloaded the ebook today. However, I still have some other reading to finish before I can start it. So, intrigued to see where this one goes. 4d

dabbe @Daisey It's a doozy! Our only 3-monther! 🤩😍🤩 4d

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