One in the Magic of the Universe

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beautiful life, strange world, blog post, CHAT GPTSo many impossibles in this world: Life. Creatures. You, and Me. I could count the ways that I feel like a mystery guest as I breathe into each day. I’m on the edge (are you?) between living a life in light or just pretending this will work. The feeling of just doing time, of walking across a frozen river and wondering if I’ll hear a crack, and yours truly will fly away (or under) into a rabbit hole big enough for one.

But the illusionist in me changes my perspective, or perception, and views life as bright as heaven, as an unfinished love story. This beautyland we call Earth can give us the secrets of a charmed life. Particularly when the world goes quiet, after an east wind, rain and the clouds clear to answer the question: What Is Love? Impossible Creatures, blog about books

Beautyland, books of 2024, blog about readingSometimes I feel like the Huntress, following cues to that question, sniffing out malignant assumptions that love for humankind doesn’t exist. Is it by accident when the joy seeps in, when the truth startles us into realizing that an inseparable bond exists between each of us? The Life Impossible, books of 2024, reading challenge

Maybe I’ve gone off script here, and I’m wearing someone else’s shoes: those of a philosopher or a mystic or an enchantress. But I hear the echo of women from ages past, the goddesses of yore and the witches who heal still today. They emit a frequency to us to re-create and celebrate the love that vibrates amongst us all. 

A Life in Light, blogging about reading, books of 2024Perhaps my thoughts come with the grace in aging, but I believe that I am part of your world, and you are part of mine, no matter where we live, what race or creed we live by. We are One in the Magic of the Universe.

Chat GPT, Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR – to a life full of light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This annual book post is written with the titles of some of the 56 books I read in 2024. Those titles are listed below by order of their appearance. After, I include a link to my Goodreads full accounting. For those who ask, my favorite books of 2024 were Frozen River and The Life Impossible. Reading is Wisdom, Fantasy, and Reality all wrapped into a 300+page package.

The Life Impossible, Matt Haig; Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell; Count the Ways, Joyce Maynard; The Mystery Guest, Nita Prose; The Edge, David Baldacci;  A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence, Mary Pipher; Let’s Pretend This Will Work, Maddie Dawson; Doing Time (The Time Police, #1), Jodi Taylor; The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon; Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez; Fly Away, Kristin Hannah; The Rabbit Hole, Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene; Illusionist: A Sean McPherson Novel, Laurie Buchanan; As Bright as Heaven, Susan Meissner; An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, Doris Kearns Goodwin; Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino; Secrets of a Charmed Life, Susan Meissner; When the World Goes Quiet, Gian Sardar; East Wind, Rain, Caroline Paul; What Is Love?, Jen Comfort; The Huntress, Kate Quinn; Malignant Assumptions, Carrie Rubin; The Accident, Chris Pavone; Their Inseparable Bond, Jill Weatherholt; Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan; Someone Else’s Shoes, Jojo Moyes; The Echo of Old Books, Barbara Davis; The Women, Kristin Hannah; The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue, Barbara O’Neal; The Frequency of Us, Keith Stuart;  Re-Create & Celebrate, Cindy Georgakas; The Grace in Aging, Kathleen Dowling Singh; Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez. https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2024?ref=yyib_dec_24_sa 

 

77 thoughts on “One in the Magic of the Universe”

    • As always, the titles help me write this post. I’m kind of amazed at how inspirational the titles all seem to be! But maybe it tells more about the kinds of books I read. 😉Happy happy new year to you. 🤩

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    • I wish the same for you Amy. I started this on New Year’s Eve and just made it through today! To tradition and adventure. To creativity and joy. Can’t wait for your next book to be published! 💙

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  6. What a beautiful and magical way to showcase those amazing reads you have had over 2024 Pam…
    May your 2025 be just as magical with many more stories to read as well as many more of your wonderful stories that you write..

    Have a Blessed New Year, and may it filled with inspiration, love and harmony and an abundance of LOVE . ❤

    Much love

    Sue xx ❤ 💖✨💖

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  14. I enjoyed your end-of-year reflection. I particularly appreciate your closing thought: “Perhaps my thoughts come with the grace in aging, but I believe that I am part of your world, and you are part of mine, no matter where we live, what race or creed we live by. We are One in the Magic of the Universe.”

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  15. Like writing a poem with a definite structure, your end-of-year method forces into being unexpected thoughts and feelings. I didn’t understand what I was reading the first time through, but I loved it.

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    • Thank you for sticking with it and reading it a second time through. Yes, working on the titles like this is like writing a poem and it does surprise me – the message that comes through. 🩵Happy new year!

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  16. I noticed the same philosophical nature in myself as I’ve gotten older. I also think having a grandson has added to that feeling of not just putting our time here on Earth. I’m operating much more more from a perspective of “what can I contribute?”

    It was fun to look at your Goodreads list to see if we crossed paths anywhere. I finished with 69 books read, though the length of some of those were short as I’m trying to read more for the age (middle grade) of which I’m trying to write.

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    • Congrats on your 69 books. I think it’s not the quantity but the quality of books read and I’m sure the ones you read are high-level and will help you get to your end point of publishing your own middle grade book. I will be one of the first to buy it!

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  19. PS: Off topic – This is something that many blog owners don’t know happens on their blogs – but encounter it when commenting on others. After readers submit their comment, a “Subscription” popup box appears. This is something WP added (and annoys many). I recently learned how to remove it if you don’t want it.

    If you want to disable it, go to your Dashboard, then Settings > Newsletter …. In the first box (Subscriptions), turn off “Enable subscription pop-up for commenters” …. then click Save (in the Subscriptions banner).

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    • As long as there are writers such as you and many of our blogging friends, I will never run out of good reading material. I was amazed, though, when I wrote this post from the titles I read in 2024, how …. inspirational they turned out to be (the titles, not necessarily the books!!) ;-0 ❤

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  21. I look forward to this annual review story/post of the books you read in the previous year! Lovely.

    Happy New Year and may you find much love and laughter, joy and good health and many moments that make you vibrate!

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  22. You pulled this off beautifully, Pam, as you always do. What a wonderful mystical read that became with those mesmerizing titles. And thanks for mentioning your favorite. I’ll add Frozen River and The Life Impossible to my reading list! Happy New Year and Happy Reading.

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  23. What a beautiful way to honor our world, authors, and your words of wisdom that connect us all where we inhabit earth together, Pam. It is a lovely post that sits with me in the ethers of my soul. Happy New Year to you and may this year be a treasure trove of possibilities!
    ❤️

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  32. I think you have outdone yourself this year, Pam! This is truly lovely. And when I read your book list, I wonder what I’m doing with my time. Well, I work, but still – you read like the proverbial house on fire.

    I am making note of your choices, especially your faves. How did you like Beautyland?

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    • Beautyland was different. I like parts of it and parts of it were a bit too weird. But it did make me think. I am still working (part time) also but I watch very little TV at night. Two hours of reading instead! And somehow I stay awake 🙃

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