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ness talks about life

summer doings & golden rings

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 nesskingsley

getting married, moving, and a new library

Tagged life, marriage, reading, writing6 Comments
ness talks about life

2023 – it also happened

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 nesskingsley

Our brains are not always the kindest things, but you have to keep going - joy comes with the morning, as the good book says.

Tagged 2023, books, clearly ambiguous, fiction, kathrine addison, life, new year, portugal, reading, the cabbages, the sixth extinction, travel, writing2 Comments
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orwell in burma | reading log #1

September 28, 2023December 6, 2025 nesskingsley

'It is a corrupting thing to live one's real life in secret. One should live with the stream of life, not against it.'

Tagged british empire, burma, Emma larkin, George orwell, myanmar, reading, reading logs, writingLeave a comment
ness talks about life

busy-ness aka doing everything all at once

April 22, 2023 nesskingsley

We had many adventures, we caught some Shakespeare, some planes, some trains, some Ubers, and - just to make all things even - a boat. One could say that at this point, we are professionals.

Tagged reading, traveling, writing1 Comment
ness talks about life

things i did not do in 2022

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 nesskingsley

If I had a nickel for every event I organised in 2022 and missed ... I'd have three nickels. That's not a lot but it's weird that it's happened three times ...

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