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Aldon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Aldon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Aldon Hynes
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Connection, not Commodity
As I jumped into Mastodon and thought of ways describe the difference between Mastodon and Twitter, a phrase came to my mind, “Connection, not Commodity.” For me, it feels like Mastodon, and the Fediverse as a whole, is about re-establishing connection between people as opposed to the marketing platform that Twitter seems to have become.
I talked about this the other day, and recently, I came acros
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Short Poetry Collection 001 (Librivox Short Poetry, #1)
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Well, this is the first time I've posted a Did Not Finish review. I started this book a few weeks ago. I found that I was not interested in the characters or the plot. In fact, I found both lacking in verisimilitude. At one point, I just set it aside
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"I’m going to write a longer, prettier review one of these days… but I want to comment on how I’m shook at all the judgmental reviews. I’m feeling impassioned!
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| This novel about outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage resonated strongly with me in many ways, not because I have an indigenous heritage or because my traumas are at all like the traumas of the main characters. I loved this book because of h ...more | |
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“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
― Thoughts in Solitude
― Thoughts in Solitude
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
― Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC
― Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC
“Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.”
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“To be wise is to be eternally curious.”
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
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