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by Lorilin
Posted on April 8, 2019June 18, 2019

Normal People

by Lorilin
Posted on March 29, 2019June 18, 2019

Sabrina and Corina

by Lorilin
Posted on March 13, 2018May 17, 2018

The Great Alone (★★★★★)

by Lorilin
Posted on November 29, 2017February 3, 2018

The Last Kid Left (★★★☆☆)

by Lorilin
Posted on November 14, 2017March 21, 2020

Higher Is Waiting

by Lorilin
Posted on November 7, 2017January 15, 2018

Heather, the Totality (★★☆☆☆)

by Lorilin
Posted on September 8, 2017December 4, 2017

Sour Heart (★★★☆☆)

by Lorilin
Posted on July 25, 2017May 3, 2018

Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart (★★★★★)

by Lorilin
Posted on May 30, 2017June 1, 2017

The Best Parenting Books Out There

by Lorilin
Posted on January 24, 2017May 9, 2017

A Good Dream

by Lorilin
Posted on November 27, 2015December 11, 2020

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I’m Lorilin, a stay-at-home mom in Chicago who reads books to stay sane. Even though I spend most of my day looking after my lovely and wild children, I always make time to read—mostly fiction, wellness, and memoir, with a few cookbooks and gardening books thrown in the mix.

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Oh, this was a sad one. WHAT STORM, WHAT THUNDER follows a group of people in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastates the city. We hear from a mother who loses her entire family, a wealthy expat and his daughter, a drug trafficker, and an old market woman who bears witness to ALL THE TRAGEDY. This is one of those books you read to learn about something you knew nothing about but should have (at least for me). The writing is beautiful, and—this is cliche to say, but I’ll say it anyway—I was transported while reading it. I felt like I was right there beside these characters. I knew them and cared for them. It really helped me understand how devastating the destruction in Haiti really was after the earthquake.

This is the first year I’m listening to the advice of @roy_diblik_ (author of THE KNOW MAINTENANCE GARDEN) and turning my clean yard waste directly back into nourishing mulch. All you have to do is make piles of fallen leaves and then mow over them with your regular lawnmower. Then you can redistribute the leaf pieces wherever you want. I kept most of mine on the lawn, but I also put a lot in a back corner of my property that is honest-to-God pure clay soil 😵‍💫 and needs A LOT of organic matter. We’ll see if it makes a difference come spring, but I’m pretty happy with myself right now, can’t lie. What do you do to get your yard winter ready?

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