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I read a book!

Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore was a relatively easy read: short chapters, slightly larger text (YA), an adventure tale that keeps the pages turning. It's in a series that I like, the Graceling Realm. (In this series, the middle book is Bitterblue which is one of my favorite books ever.)

The author did an artist's residency on a ship that went to the arctic circle, and her experiences inform this story of people on a tall ship sailing among ice bergs. There are also telepathic foxes! This tale focuses on the queen's spy, Hava, who is also her half-sister.

It felt good to read, though maybe I overdid it a bit with this concentration-heavy activity.

More smoke today. The smell/taste thing seems a bit better today, and I do have faith that eventually it will resolve, but it's been distressing. What seems to have helped: Changing my bed sheets, spraying fabrics down with alcohol, washing nearly everything. I turned off, and left off, the bedroom AC unit which is dirty and is beyond my ability to clean--looks like you have to take the whole thing apart, and it's heavy and difficult. Good design should include the concept of cleaning, oh my god, who designs these things.

A bit of whimsy: A couple of times this summer, I've seen this man walking down my street wearing a little red peaked cap, the kind you see on troll figurines.
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