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"Of course, they didn’t get that staring at flowers is a form of being busy. That watching the flow of the clouds is an important activity. That in a period of depression and fear, to think about beautiful things, your dreams and wishes, and to smile is highly, highly important, a vital task." -- from 'The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen' by Shokoofeh Azar (the translator is anonymous for security reasons)

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Haven't mentioned it much, but I've been reading Non-Stop by Brian W. Aldiss and even though it took a bit to hook me, it has really been a great read so far, some great revelations were made and I'm looking forward to the last act!

Thank you, Dolly Parton! ❤️

"Dolly Parton-led program has mailed 4 million free books to Oregon children"

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"Oregon’s version of Imagination Library, an initiative launched by superstar Dolly Parton to send a free book each month to babies and preschoolers, recently mailed its 4 millionth book to an Oregon child."

@bookstodon

There's a pop-up window on my website, sophiajanehayden.com, where you can get a link to a PDF of The Story of Rockit by joining my email list. It's a short children's tale. Rockit is an adorable Australian herder pup with big dreams of herding cattle like her famous grandfather, Mick. But when she is adopted into a California home, she's met with two mean cats and a couple of elderly, very slow-moving tortoises, Herman and his wife, Morticia, in the backyard. It seems her dreams of being a herder have been dashed. But are they? Wise old Herman, who has lived for 105 years, tells Rockit never to give up on her dreams.

Your occasional reminder: If you enjoyed an Indie Author's book - 1) Leave a review. 2) Tell your friends. 3) Post about it on social media. Indies live and die by word of mouth. 💙📚

a man and a woman are sitting ...

Jamāl al-Din `Abd al-Rahīm ibn `Umar ibn Abī Bakr al-Dimashqī, known as al-Jawbarī

I've read read plenty of long books in my life but the book I'm currently wins the 'longest author's name' prize by at least 12 parsecs

Right from the start it made me think with dates like "the third/ninth century" - it took me a moment to realise it was AH/CE in that order. Fascinating stuff

@bookstodon

Because of the new book coming out Tuesday centering my favorite character in the series, I started catching up with the last couple InCryptid books.

10% through Aftermarket Afterlife and really liking Mary as narrator. Also, the end of this drive I'm sure is going to see some stuff hit the fan.