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Reading for what purpose

What book(s) are you currently reading?

Honestly, I haven’t picked up a book in probably six weeks. Life got extra busy when I was running for city council and now they’ve provided me with an iPad and it’s loaded with meeting agendas, minutes and all kinds of long boring documents I need to familiarize myself with, such as The Municipal Act. So that’s what I’ll be reading.

The last book I put down was Strong Female Character by Fern Brady. I’ve not quite finished it though.

I tend to gravitate to autobiographies and hers starts off interesting but maybe didn’t move along as quickly as I wanted. She’s a British comedian, who navigates through some interesting events in her life and is diagnosed eventually with Autism.

Besides the extra duties of being a city Councillor, I’m still enrolled in the Teaching for Learning course from Red River College Polytech out of Winnipeg so I have classes online weekly and assignments due every Sunday.

Thankfully the course will be done in December which will allow me some extra breathing room. Perhaps some time for leisure reading again.

Will I pick it back up & finish it? IDK
Was recommended this book so it’s up next

20 responses to “Reading for what purpose”

  1. i will prolly pick up the tarlov

    the new bosch is good too

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  2. it’s awesome you are still keeping up with writing though. I know your schedule must be jam packed but I do like hearing about your acclimation to city council and the projects y’all are pursuing

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    1. Thank you Mike!

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  3. Bloom in the Fall.

    You are sprouting wings!

    Is it just Red Bull?

    Or is is there a Clearly Canadian water that fuels you?

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    1. I’ve never tried Red Bull! And Clearly Canadian is toooo sweet!
      Coffee fuels me AND we have the most amazing ice cold right out of the tap water up here 💦❄️

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      1. Mind sending some of that crisp, Canadian glacier water down here to San Diego?
        Ever since they implemented the whole toilet to tap thing, our water has tasted like ass 🫏
        🤥🫨🤢🤮

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      2. Toilet to tap?!

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      3. 🚽🪠🚿🛁
        Yep.
        They call it water ‘reclamation ‘
        San Diego is basically a desert.
        And they are trying to ween us off the Colorado River (it’s drying up).
        So, instead of water going down the drain…they recycle it.
        🫣

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      4. Seriously??

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      5. Oh yeah.
        We all drink bottled water here.
        But, I HAVE toured some of our Reclamation plants: it is a multi-layered process that starts by turning it into ‘grey’ water.
        That is, step one causes all solids to drop out.
        Water runs through rocks, gravel, sand, pumice, and porous charcoal.
        It then passes through Reverse Osmosis membranes.
        It is treated with UV radiation (kills bacteria)
        Ozone 03 (passing electricity through water) breaks the H20 bond and allows temporary O3 bond (also kills bacteria)
        And chlorine
        Ozone is allowed to dissipate.
        Minerals and a little fluoride is added ( the purification process only leaves pure H2O without minerals)
        Then this water is sent to reservoirs and underground storage tanks.
        Has to ‘settle ‘ for a minimum of 2 weeks.
        If you are interested, just look up SDCWA before your next trip to ‘America’s Finest City’
        😉

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    Wow! you are one busy lady, don’t forget to take a little time for yourself 😊.

    I’ve actually never heard of Fern Brady 🤷‍♀️

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    1. Thank you ☺️
      I’ll try to remember that!

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  5. Sounds like congratulations are in order! 👏🏻 A December break too. You’re almost there!

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    1. Thank you Michele!! ☺️

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  6. Let us know how tarlov is!

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    1. I sure will!

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  7. Is the city council a full time job too? 😬

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    1. No not at all, even our Mayor supposedly only works a “half time” position. Council meetings are every Monday evening and attendance is pretty much mandatory. There is some prep to do before the meetings, reading lots of information….and then other than that we attend functions and announcements within the community and try to be as involved as possible.

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  8. I bet you’re super busy now with your work on the city council. I’ve seen Jessica debating right-wing conservatives a few times, and sometimes I wonder what she’s doing on that channel (Fox News). I guess she’s trying to offer a liberal perspective, and she does it well, but she gets pushed around quite a bit. I hope you get a chance to read her book and maybe find some time to share your thoughts about it.

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  9. Tarlov is a interesting character. Let us know what you think of the book when you get there. Seems like a good book for your new role. 🙂

    I just stopped reading a book that was way more intense than I imagined it’d be when picking it up, which brought a pause. Now I’m back to making my way through a few philosophical/contemplative things.

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