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The Balance of Context

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November 11, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 15 Comments

My sister and I were always avid readers, but she used to get carsick if she tried to read in the back seat. We had what felt to us like a "high tech" piece of equipment at home, in the form of a stereo that could tape vinyl records onto cassette, so my mother made … Continue reading The Balance of Context

A Reading Proposal for You, Reader:

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October 24, 2025October 25, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 5 Comments

For those of us writers who are working outside the realm of big publishing-houses, we have to jump-start and generate our own publicity for what we write---so I have a proposal. For anyone who is game for posting a book review (on your blog or vlog or podcast or FaceBook, or wherever-it-is that you post … Continue reading A Reading Proposal for You, Reader:

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"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

~ Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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    KENNETH on In Which We Don’t Sail Into the SunsetMay 4, 2026

    Good evening from Middleton Manchester UK ITS time to bang the rocks together and visit www.theaardvarkskettle.com

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    writerunblockedrepublic on In Which We Don’t Sail Into the SunsetMay 1, 2026

    Hi Kana, I nominate you for a Sunshine Blogger Award! https://writerunblockedrepublic.com/2026/05/02/sunshine-blogger-award/

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    cswatts on Spenser “With an ‘S,’ Like the Poet”April 28, 2026

    It's taken me a long time to get around to this post. Love Robert B. Parker and the Spenser series;…

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    Anonymous on In Which We Don’t Sail Into the SunsetApril 24, 2026

    You may find the Boathouses Virtual Tour I've just blogged interesting, although not sure if it could fit your boat.…

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    Wayfaring Stranger on What is WRONG With People?April 2, 2026

    Ugh what a nightmare. People can be so rude.

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