I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.

Lately, I've been thinking about two things.

First, I've been thinking about Game of Thrones

because that hit HBO TV series recently aired its final episode.

And I've also been thinking about Winston Churchill

because I've finally gone back to record the audiobook

of my short unconventional biography

40 ways to look at Winston Churchill.

What a joy it was to revisit that project.

I loved writing that book so much.

I love thinking about Winston Churchill.

And both these preoccupations, Game of Thrones, and Winston Churchill

collided in my mind as I was reading the book into the microphone.

There's a scene I love in Game of Thrones

and there are spoilers to come, so beware.

It is the absolutely extraordinary scene

where Lady O'Lena Tyrell, one of my very favorite characters,

is waiting in a tower for to commander Jamie Lannister.

Lannister's forces have just been defeated in battle

and she knows that Jamie will execute her

during this encounter, which he does.

Lady O'Lena is the head of House Tyrell

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