“We can’t win against obsession. They care, we don’t. They win.” ~ Ford Prefect – Douglas Adams: Life, The Universe, Everything (1982)
Douglas Adams’ writing is funny because it just is, and it is also funny because satire is always funny. (How’s that for and Adamsian sentence?) The ability to point out societal flaws and mores while making the reader laugh is the surest way to have them understand the absurdity of the world. Adams’ books, and more precisely the character of Ford Prefect, hold up a mirror and show us how ridiculous we really are. When it comes to dilettantism, our culture is second to none. We are more than happy to let the obsessives do what they want, while we absently shake our heads and carry on. And thus, they care, we don’t. They win.
Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity.
I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books.
A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been "super married" to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids.
My first book - How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!)
I have tried a podcast - it's still on Apple and Google Podcasts - but writing is where my heart is.
My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit.
I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually.
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