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Light and Dark
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June 28, 2021 by Jean

This is not a post about race relations or about any metaphorical use of light and dark. It is literally …
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Category: health, Maine, Reading | Tags: artificial light, dark skies, light pollution, milky way, Paul Bogard, Starry Night, starry skies, The End of Night, Vincent van Gogh
Weekend Novel
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March 28, 2021 by Jean

I first got into the habit of reading a weekend novel during my hard-working years as a college professor, when …
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Category: Living, Reading | Tags: A Single Thread, Louisa Pesel, novels, Reading, relaxation, structuring time, Tracy Chevalier, weekends, Winchester Cathedral
Fear, Hope, and Change
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May 14, 2019 by Jean

On Sunday, as I drove to and from the first Farmers’ Market of the season, I was listening to one …
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Category: Intellectual activity, politics, Reading | Tags: climate change, Hidden Brain, Hot, Mark Hertsgaard, NPR, science, Shankar Vedantam, social action, social media
Becoming
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April 24, 2019 by Jean

When my book group decided to read Michelle Obama’s autobiography Becoming (Crown, 2018) this month, I was willing but not …
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Category: politics, Reading | Tags: Becoming, book group, intellectual stimulation, Michelle Obama
Winter Reading
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January 13, 2019 by Jean

I am a voracious reader and have been for pretty much all my life. I remember my weekly dilemma when …
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Category: Living, politics, Reading | Tags: climate change, intellectual stimulation, Paul Hawken, political action, Project Drawdown
The Twenty Percent Challenge
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August 30, 2017 by Jean

Recently, I have been reading The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living (Island Press 2012). …
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Category: Living, politics, Reading | Tags: carbon emissions, carbon footprint, climate change, environmental action, environmental problems, Union of Concerned Scientists
Empathy Bridges and Empathy Walls
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February 24, 2017 by Jean

When I was formulating a way to move forward after the November election (see Moving Forward), one of the tasks …
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Category: politics, Reading | Tags: Arlie Russell Hochschild, environmental problems, politics and empathy, Strangers In Their Own Land, Tea Party
American Nations
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November 7, 2016 by Jean

I recently finished reading Colin Woodard’s American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (Penguin …
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Category: politics, Reading | Tags: American history, American Nations, American politics, American regional cultures, Colin Woodard, intellectual stimulation, Portland Public Library
Summer Reading
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July 10, 2016 by Jean

It is possible that I have spent most of the waking hours of my life reading. I started reading early: …
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Category: Living, Reading, Time/Activities | Tags: Armand Gamache, books, Elizabeth George, Inspector Thomas Lynley, Louise Penny, murder mysteries, relaxation, Sergeant Barbara Havers, summer, time utilization
What Does It Mean to Be Rich?
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April 11, 2016 by Jean

I’ve been kept away from blogging recently by the intense rehearsal schedule leading up to my Beethoven concert. Even though …
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Category: Reading, Retirement finances | Tags: Joseph Siglitz, retirement finances, retirement savings, The Great Divide, U.S. Census Bureau, wealth distribution in the United States

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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