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Eleven years ago, I built a woodshed at our old house.

Over 1100 days ago, I went for a 50 mile walk.

Having promised myself if no one else that it wouldn’t be another eight year span in between book reviews, here I am back four months later.

Another year has come and gone, and a lot has happened.

When I started posting quick reviews of things I’d been reading back in 2014, I didn’t commit to any regular schedule.

Over the past few years, I’ve been relatively fortunate with my health as I’ve gradually ramped up my walking mileage.

As years go, 2024 was one.

Things were going pretty well with our summer until Eleanor ended up with pneumonia.

About a year ago, we bought a wood fired hot tub – specifically this one from Goodland.

If 2022 was a year of cautious re-emergence from lockdown for myself and my family, 2023 was an acceleration of that trend.

Let me be clear about this up front: we were not hot tub people.