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We celebrate gratitude in November. Telling someone thank you is another way of showing that you care. Showing gratitude doesn’t have to be taught or learned; it’s simply saying Thank You. Thank you for everything. Thank you for being in my life. My article this month The Writing On The Wall examines reading, writing and the decline of the novel. I am grateful for the many novels I have read, and I adore the authors who have written them. Some books are better than others, but every book I have read has become part of me. My article is my way of saying thank you to all of the authors whose books have touched my life. Do you have a story to share about a book that transformed your life? Happy Thanksgiving!  –Patricia Vaccarino

Novels enrich our lives because we touch the fragile threads of the diverse fabrics that weave us together. We begin to see the connections in things and become spellbound by the certainty that no one person is on this earth alone. All of us are slogging through the muck and the mire, navigating the joy, the sorrow, the grief, and the pratfalls that throw us haphazardly off course only to be consumed by a reckless wind. A good novel teaches us that it is noble to be a human being. 

For the past year, a veritable feast of French Impressionist paintings has been touring the United States. Organized in partnership with the American Federation of the Arts and originating at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, the exhibition called “Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism” was designed to coincide with a worldwide celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first-ever Impressionist exhibition in Paris. Since the exhibition’s debut last fall at the Chrysler, it has gone on to the Frist Art Museum in Nashville and the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio. Late last month the exhibit opened at the Seattle Art Museum, where it will be on view until January 18, 2026.

Hegseth’s first words to the over 700 generals and admirals, sitting quietly before him at last month’s emergency gathering, were “Welcome to the War Department because the era of the Department of Defense is over. Your only mission is ‘warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising.” Hegseth cast a glowing view of the past to the generals, most of whom had more military experience than he did. He claimed our period of peace, ignoring the Vietnam and Iraq wars, was brought about by the warrior ethos that has been lost.