On Staying Home, or Bird-Watching in the Pandemic
If you had told me prior to 2020 that I would be required to stay at home for fifty straight days, I would have thought that would be impossibly difficult. But to my surprise, when I was really shipwrecked, I found everything I needed—birds to watch, blossoms unfurling, cherries ripening, snails crawling, books to read-aloud, conversations with my fellow castaways, bread to bake. We never made it around to crowning a king or queen, but I’m sure we could have.
Top 10 Books of 2022
t’s the beginning of a new year, and so like any reader I feel compelled to look back over the previous year’s reading and pick out my favorite books. I started out with a list of twenty-five titles and then made myself narrow it down to ten.