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First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #124 – Shutter

First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Socrates Book Reviews…
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Cancelling My Life No. 12 – Nov. 16, 1965

Welcome to the twelfth installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…
Bahamas, cruise ships, Einar Benediktsson, EPCOT, Iceland, Kiev, Moon phases, MS Gripsholm, My Life in Stamps, nautical covers, November 1965, ocean liners, Paquebot, poets, Soviet Union, space probes, Spaceship Earth, statues, Swedish American Line, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, USSR, Venera, Venus, Walt Disney World, waterfalls -
Sunday Summary #169

Welcome to “Sunday Summary” in which I try to summarize the week that came before.…
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Nonfiction November 2025: Week 3 – Book Pairings

This is my second year participating in Nonfiction November, hosted by Liz, who blogs at Adventures in…
As You Wish, Buddhism, Cary Elwes, cookbooks, Ehtan Nichtern, fiction and nonfiction pairings, fiction books, films, Jenn Fujikawa, making of movie books, nonfiction books, November 2025, Rachel Robison-Greene, Richard Greene, Rob Reiner, S. Morgenstern, Tao, TBR, The Dharma of The Princess Bride, The Princess Bride, The Princess Bride and Philosophy, The Princess Bride: The Official Cookbook, William Goldman, Zen -
First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #123 – Bog Queen

First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Socrates Book Reviews…
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Sunday Summary #168

Welcome to “Sunday Summary” in which I try to summarize the week that came before.…
blogs, burgers in Phuket, food trucks in Phuket, haircut, home cooking, job search, markers, Mexican food in Phuket, movies, new job, November 2025, Phuket, Pose Office, rainy weather, reading, Reeces Peanut Butter Cups, Sakura Pigma Fineliners, socks, Sunday, TBR, term break, Thailand, Thailand mourning, Zebra Mildliners -
Cancelling My Life No. 11 – Nov. 07, 1965

Welcome to the eleventh installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…
Affligen Abbey, Anthony Van Dyke, Brussels, Cameroon, Caravelle, Central African Republic, crescent rolls, EuropAfrica Convention, first flight cover, Girona (Spain), Jean de Vos, King Alfonso XIII Monument, Madrid, My Life in Stamps, November 1965, Pillsbury Dough Boy, Poppin’ Fresh, SABENA, Tunisia, Tunisian regional costumes, Yaounde, YouTube videos -
New Issue of the Day #1: November 7, 2025 – Greenland’s Christmas Stamps

Twenty twenty-five has not shaped out to be the philatelic-heavy year I imagined twelve months…
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A First Look at the 2026 U.S. Stamps

In years past, I have set out each November or December with the intention of…

