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Sherlock Homles whose birthday is today, born in 1854
“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
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Today is also Pepe Le Pew's birthday, born in 1945. Happy Birthday to you both, who have made our world a more interesting place.
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This is also Three Kings Day, The Epiphany, The Twelfth Day of Christmas, The Adoration of Magi. In Puerto Rico Three Kings Day is still celebrated. As a child my mother and her brothers put straw and water under their beds for the camels and when they woke in the morning found... presents! I still think this is the day we should be opening our gifts as it is the day Christ received his.
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Lastly...
I thought this would also be a good day to review the rather eclectic list of books I read last year
1.
A Chain of Evidence by Carolyn Wells
2.
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
3.
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
4.
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie
Flagg
5.
The Magic
City
6.
Mysterious Traveler by Mall Peet
7.
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
8.
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
9.
Woven by Michael Jensen
10.
The Great Time Lock Disaster by C. Lee McKenzie
11.
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
12.
Death Comes for the Archbiship by Willa Cather
13.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
14.
Connecting the Dots by Sharon Jennings
15.
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey
16.
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Garner
17.
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time by James Garner
18.
In Darkness by Nick Lake
19.
Esperanza Rising by Pan Munoz Ryan
20.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
21.
Replay by Sharon Creech
22.
The Wonder Clock or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales by
Howard Pyle
23.
Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change by Pema
Chodron
24.
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
25.
Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
26.
Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist
Perspective by The XIV Dalai Lama
27.
Inner Revolution by Robert A. F. Thurman
28.
Natural Radiance by Lama Surya Das
29.
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
30.
Shambhala by Chogyam Trungpa
31.
Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das
32.
The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow by Jessica Haight
33.
Hot Pink in the City by Medeia Sharif
34.
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield
35.
Questions from the City, Answers from the Forest by Ajahn Sumano Bhikkhu
36.
The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
37.
A Work of Art by Melody Maysonet
38.
The Wisdom of Imperfection by Rob Preece
39.
The Heart Attack Sutra by Karl Brunnholzl
40.
The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (currently
reading.)
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What's your favorite Sherlock story? What do you think of the quote? Are you a Pepe Le Pew Fan? What do you think about opening presents on the 6th of January instead of December 25th (extra shopping days!) Did you read any good books in 2015? Do share!
