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“56. Consider yourself dead, and the life you have lived till now gone; now count the rest of your days as a reprieve from death, and live according to Nature.”

• Excerpt From Marcus Aurelius

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly.” (56)

(Of note? One copy suggests I’ve used this before. Couldn’t find it, so here it is, maybe again. Maybe not.)

Marcus Aurelius

Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius – Marcus Aurelius

Meditations – Marcus Aurelius & Gregory Hays

As always a free version is hosted on astrofish.net right here.

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Too Close

Too Close

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Pink Cake: The Quote Collection – Kramer Wetzel

Walk the Wire

Walk the Wire – David Baldacci

There’s a fun touch, right at the very beginning, before the main characters show up, just a little, probably nobody notices, but the hunter and prey, the strong man? Not always so strong. “Loses his lunch.” Just a wonderfully evocative opening. I picked this book up close on the heels of staying up late to finish reading another book.

I don’t recall which one, but one of the (Lee Child) Jack Reacher novels was set in a similar, North Dakota posting. Think it was similar in description, at the outset. While I have the books on the shelf, I can’t be bothered to try and figure out which one it was. But if the Arctic Circle is merely 50 miles north of the Canadian border then, well, why?

“It’s the wild, wild west.” Along with Minnesota, probably added to the list, now North Dakota as a place I might not want to visit again. High body count, in the novel, you know.

Does a good author leave obvious clues out in the open?

Some of it, updated variations on old, familiar themes. Some of it? Yeah, North Dakota got a less inviting.

Sentimental flourish at the end, and proof the author has a soft spot in his heart. Otherwise, an excellent addition to the Memory Man collection.

Walk The Wire

Walk the Wire

• The Fallen
• Memory Man
• Redemption
• The Last Mile

Think there are more, but I couldn’t pull them all together. Apparently, I’ve read a lot of this author.

Walk the Wire

Walk the Wire – David Baldacci

Prickly Flower

Prickly Flower

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Pink Cake: The Quote Collection – Kramer Wetzel

modified yet

“What I don’t recommend is trusting social media to answer your questions. There are far too many people out there who think they know everything and type in a confident manner who are flat wrong and will only hinder, not help.”

No source or citation, see the fineprint.

Two-Meat Tuesday

Two-Meat Tuesday – Kramer Wetzel

San Pedro Creek (temporarily free e-book)

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Mama said

Mama said

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Pink Cake: The Quote Collection – Kramer Wetzel