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"For whatever reason (and like a menu we can choose one from each category) \u2013 perimenopause, lack of sleep, the commercialism of the holiday season \u2014 I&amp;#039;ve been feeling crabby these last few days. Even meditating, which I&amp;#039;ve been doing consistently in the month of December, hasn&amp;#039;t helped much. But there is one place where I&amp;#039;ve always found solace: my local branch library. One recent cloudy and cold day, I walked to the branch library, where I&amp;#039;ve been going ever since Max was a baby. &amp;quot;How is Max&amp;#039;s eye?&amp;quot; the librarian asked, as soon as she saw me. She knew from reading this blog that Max had accidentally gotten hurt on the playground the other week. Another librarian asked if my dog were with me and went outside to give him some treats, which they&amp;#039;ve started stocking just for him. And in the magazine aisle, I accidentally bumped into a woman I didn&amp;#039;t know, who, when she saw a book in my hand that I was thinking of checking out said, &amp;quot;Oh, you&amp;#039;re going to love that! It&amp;#039;s so funny!&amp;quot; which then lead to a discussion about favorite mystery novels and authors. Later, as I turned to go, this kind stranger pressed a piece of paper into my hand, a list of her favorite authors, something more valuable than gold. And when I left the little local library, with its wise women (and men) my spirits had been immeasurably lifted. What do you do reader, to get out of a pre-holiday pre-menopausal funk? How do you nourish your spirit this holiday season? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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