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First, thank you for the notes on yesterday’s entry. There are lovely people here, who are caring and sweet, and whom I remember fondly.

Second, I went to town today.

1. I voted. And I promised myself not to think about the election again. Wish me luck.

2. I went to the bank and got my IRA withdrawal done and bought a CD.

3. I went to the library and discovered they WERE having a book sale today.

Books in my $5 sack -

• Love & War by Mary Matalin and James Carville - the political advisor couple - one Dem and one Rep.

• Political Suicide by Erin McHugh - looks like set of errors in US political life

• The Fall of Light by Niall Willians - a novel by an Irish writer - the guy who with his wife Christine Breen wrote a series of travel books about Ireland, named for the lyrics of “Danny Boy”. We’ve had another of his novels, JIm liked it, it was good.

• Mayo Clinic on Managing Diabetes, first book I’ve ever bought on that subject. I trust Mayo.

• 1001 Ways to Do Good - what more can I say?

• Molloy’s Live for Success by John T. Malloy, the guy who years ago was big with the idea of “Dress for Success”. I thought, why not? Maybe I can shuffle the Ways to Do Good with the Success propaganda and change my life - just a tiny bit.

• • Fear* by Bob Woodward, an account of our previous President’s administration - I think..... I didn’t look very close.

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I’m not sure what this is. Might be a novel. Thought I’d give it a chance. I think it’s set in Greece.

• Your Worldly Possesssions by Theodore L. Kubicek. I think this is advice on owning and dividing and getting rid of things and passing on inheritance,- aimed at us old people. I’ll see.

• In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi. I’ve read this and I liked it and there is was .... I’d passed up a copy a while back and regretted not getting it so now I’ve got it. I’ve written about it here. Writer discovered her father who had left the family when she was young and returned to Hungary has transitioned to female and wants to get to know her again. More or maybe less interesting that you would think.

• oh I forgot - Marie Kondo’s the life-changing magic of tidying up. I mean why not? More clutter to the ceiling.

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