I’m not sure about the first part . . . how much kissing happens is largely determined by the personalities of the kissers and where they are in their journey together. However, the wanting to be together and talking more is crucial, isn’t it? Without that, the kissing isn’t really love and has little value.
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Summer Sunday Reading List
Fiction
- Barney’s Version: Mordecai Richler
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Truman Capote
- Death in a Strange Country: Donna Leon
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Harry Potter series: J.K. Rowling
- James: Percival Everett
- A Man Called Ove: Fredrik Bachman
- Narnia stories: C.S. Lewis
- The Nest: Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
- The One: John Marrs
- A Series of Unfortunate Events series: Lemony Snicket
- Tudor historical fiction: Philippa Gregory
Non-fiction
- 84, Charing Cross Road: Helene Hanff
- Bella Tuscany: Frances Mayes
- Bird by Bird: Anne Lamott
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Charles Dickens: a Life: Claire Tomalin
- Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes our Bodies and Minds: Linda Geddes
- Ciao, America!; Beppe Severgnini
- Feel Free: Zadie Smith
- Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: James Hollis
- Frank: The Voice: James Kaplan
- How to Be a Brit; George Mikes
- I Remember Nothing: Nora Ephron
- Life: Keith Richards
- Making It Up as I Go Along: Marian Keyes
- Memorial Drive: Natasha Trethewey
- The Polysyllabic Spree: Nick Hornby
- Tuesdays with Morrie: Mitch Albom
- The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches and Meditations: Toni Morrison
- Walden and Other Writings: Henry David Thoreau
- Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?: John Powell
- The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion
Maybe getting away to small town Ontario is your favourite way to relax and have fun on a summer Sunday. After all, there is a large variety to choose from: north, east, west; shops, trails, boats. The vast majority of our small towns are beside water, and where there’s water – a river or a lake – there will be a bench or maybe a beach. Both are lovely places to relax and read a book: to step into a make-believe world; explore history, sports, or the life of a famous person; gain some self-care or life-altering insights.
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