I thought I was the only one left with a chalkboard and no whiteboard. Sending positive vibes from over here, also!

Peters already said he won’t seek a next term. That should make him more able to vote his conscience, not less, but here we are.

Pretty please.

Yes. Sadness and the devastation of Sethe’s losing what little love she had yet again. But I’m also hurt and angry on her behalf that Paul D couldn’t understand. He got everything else, including the ability to love fully. But not this act of desperation. Would Halle?

That was the passage from yesterday’s chapter that I marked, too. “If my mother knew me would she like me?” broke my heart. Shattered it. Among many, many moments of heartache and dehumanizing and cruelty, this moment of seeing a lifetime’s wonder and longing for mother…just hurt. Masterful writing.

I used to live close enough to scoot across the bridge to Canada to buy groceries. I wish I still did.

Me, too.

Oh! I read it differently. I had the idea that Beloved is making Paul D move further and further away from her Sethe. He examines his feelings and finds that he isn’t wishing to be somewhere else…he’s being moved away from Sethe against his will. Baby steps at a time.

Thanks to your mention, I just bought Dawes’ collection, Nebraska. Wow!

I was just saying that to myself, listening to Bob Dylan and Joan Baez on my commute this morning.