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I’m in for that….love the idea!

Hello my H&O SSAC crew. We finally made it back from our European adventure, and got my 12 Days set ordered, and will be ready and in for this year’s group read!

Des, did you ever hear back from Michael? Is this 12 pack the official replacement for this year’s SSAC? Or is it just an additional bonus, and there will also be a 25 story edition?

Apologies for being out of the loop, but we landed in Italy yesterday so I playing catch up!

Sorry to be late to the party, but yes, I’m in as well!!

Gorgeous!

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I’ll vote yes!🤣

Just a little timeline cleanse with a gorgeous shot from my hike this morning in the Sonoran Preserve that borders my neighborhood.😎

If you see this, post a fictional artist / band you would go see live.

Interesting work for this month’s book club. Loved aspects of this book, and lines, passages, and ideas from it are sticking with me days after reading, always the sign of a good book to me.

Was also frustrated at times by the author’s chaotic style, so I’m looking to this month’s discussion.

🤣🤣🤣. Mighty kind of y’all…I’m sure she was very appreciative🤣

Sun down trail walks are the best…

I will stay vigilant in my cheerleading for the calendar….I’m already looking at candidates for who to give one to next year!

I had a bout of similar concern, but I have to say, I’ve seen dozens of people post about the SSAC on Instagram. Definitely posts on ‘that other fascist support site’ have waned, but I’m chalking that up to an overall reduction in the popularity of that site.

Watching White Christmas and enjoying some Baileys on the rocks with a splash of peppermint mocha Kahlua…NOW it’s Christmas

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:

Day 25, #ssac2024

“The Leaf-Sweeper” by Muriel Spark

The unexpected story of the short lived Abolition of Christmas😎

“But perhaps you don’t know how repulsive and loathsome is the ghost of a living man.”

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:

Maybe a little….😢

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Also, I have one last back edition that I have not read yet (2019 I think?), so if any of you are up for a communal re-read, perhaps we go for something later in the spring.😎

On the doorstep of wrapping up another entertaining and heart warming #SSAC read, I just wanted to thank my cohorts for your wit, your charm, your well read insights, your creativity, and your general good energy and aura. Thank you yet again for making this my favorite December tradition.

Now I have to go track that song down😎😎😎

Day 23, #ssac2024

“Anaheim” by Jennifer Croft

A masterclass in the potential of the form…there are four or five short stories alone within this single story, bravo.

“Misuse was the wrong kind of waste. Use and abuse. The right kind of waste was lavishing everyone around you with life.”

My condolences Teresa, but I’ll hope the memories for you and your cousins were thick as cobwebs.

I figured if I had to see it and know it exists, so do all of you…🤣🤣🤣

Agreed, and may those three spirits be chlamydia, ringworm, and dysentery.

Day 22, #ssac2024

“The One With The Multiverse” by Josh Riedel

Are memories and nostalgia the actual multiverse??

“It’s easy to forget where you are in towns like this. You can be in one place and believe you’re somewhere else.”

Day 21, #ssac2024

“Wars and Winters” by Hannah Pittard

Entitled, toxic ‘masculinity’ with the inevitable side of insecure fragility.

“He hadn’t even given me a noun.”

😍😍😍😍😍😍