Alison suggested I pass on my friend’s letter which will be published in his local paper. He loves to write, and I think he made a very good point. When I was a child and my parents discovered that I had broken the rules, my mother would call for me. I knew I had done
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I believe I found out about this lovely book from our blog and reading Brain Pickings. I plan to order it for a Christmas gift. I found out that an album is also available. The album puts Macfarlane’s poetry from Lost Words to music. The illustrations by Morris are lovely. Macfarlane was inspired to write
You all may know that the global climate strike that is happening September 20 in anticipation of the UN Climate conference. I hope everyone will participate! Here is motivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=Vw58ckJdDmI. If you don’t know about Greta Thunberg, this climate conversation is a must. If you do know about her, you’ll love hearing her talk with
Adam Frank is an astrophysicist who focuses on the cosmos. His book is a fascinating story of how humankind has experienced time looking back over 40,000 years of history. It is an ambitious project that sent my mind traveling in countless directions. He relates our everyday experience of time over the ages to our continuous
I discovered Rachel Held Evans when I read about her tragic death earlier this year. A young woman in her thirties, happily married, and mother of two small children, she died suddenly from an allergic reaction to a medication she was given for an infection. In her short life, she published a very popular blog
While James Baldwin is an iconic literary figure, I had never read his books. I joined a bookclub, and Giovanni’s Room is this month’s selection. The novel is magnificently written, but there is no relief from the tragic story that unfolds. The book cover reads: “Set in the 1950’s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and
On Tuesday evening I treated myself to an evening of poetry by watching the livestream of The Universe in Verse 2019. This is the third year for this event, and all three programs of poetry, music, and wonderful backstories, most often told by Maria Popova of “Brainpickings (the show’s organizer and host), was a wonderful treat.
Thanks to everyone for sharing wonderful books through your interesting reviews and thoughtful comments. I really looked forward to the alerts that come via e-mail. I felt like a good friend was waiting to give me a gift–Christmas all winter. I am reading Insomnia, and I finally reached the top of the library’s list for
I love this title. There is something very magical about butterflies, especially beautiful monarch butterflies. It’s amazing that these delicate insects migrate more than 3000 miles from parts of Canada and the U.S. to the mountains of Mexico. Monroe’s book is a coming of age story. Luz Avila’s mother abandoned her when she was
The Forest Lover is based on the life of Emily Carr, a painter at the turn of the twentieth century (at the same time as Georgia O’Keeffe and Frieda Kahlo) . She was raised with the expectation that she would enter polite White Vancouver society and live alongside, but separate from, Native Americans who lived
