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Carrie Hayes
2 min readDec 24, 2023

Some delicious reading for the shortest days of the year

A pair of bookish hound dogs

When the year has been fraught with dreadful news, a pesky case of COVID shows up only days before the holiday, and the kitchen range goes kaput while the step children remind you how much they still loathe you, sometimes, the very best solace is to find some light reading. So here, in no particular order are a few offerings to consume and to share.

The Sybarite Essayist and publisher Adeline Dimond has put together some of the snazziest pieces you will read anywhere on the web. From how to cook a freaking steak to the power of purple sunglasses, these stories have the power to charm and delight you.

Sexting at 60. Valerie Anne Burns’ modest albeit steamy account of a brief encounter between genuine grown ups is the perfect, vicarious visit to passion with an almost stranger.

Middle-Pause are the folks who produce the publication where Valerie Anne’s piece appears. Snippets of wisdom, humor and experience provide readers with vibrant relatable articles. Middle Pause also did me the honor of publishing My Fond Farewell to Viagra which has, to date, enjoyed an incredible reception.

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Carrie Hayes

writes historical fiction and is the host of the podcast Angry Dead Women. linktr.ee/carriehayeswrites