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Is There An Adventure Gene?
Delia Ephron got me thinking, so I researched this, and you are about to know the result, but first a bit about writing
In Los Angeles, by the time you’re 35, you’re older than most of the buildings. — Delia Ephron
“Escapes” are what all of us need, especially in this world that is anything but normal. For me, it used to be reading until I felt bled out from all the reading I’ve done to keep up with what is “news” these days — pandemic, deaths, horrific climate change.
As a psychologist, I know about self-care and how important it is, but was I doing that? What to do? Ah, return to my prior refuge, reading. (BTW, the algorithm wanted to make that “refuse.”)
But what should I read to aid me in this escape I so sorely needed? No, not one of those books trashing political figures or exclaiming how they’d help me find a new purpose in life if only from bone-crushing exercises in hot rooms or drinking concoctions I assume…
