Category Archives: BOOKS
Sunday Morning Writing
I have come to love Sunday mornings. I no longer have the ability for a good sleep in. The world lives by one clock and my body lives by another. I fought the good fight for many years, probably too … Continue reading
The Plot Thickens
Summer reading. We didn’t have summer reading when I attended school in the Stone Age (yeah yeah insert pun here), but that was also back when summer was June, July and August and you didn’t step foot in a classroom … Continue reading
Middle School Talent Show
I have expressed my share of snarky super mom jokes about those oh so perfect moms who manage to purchase their teacher gifts in March and shove the recommended requirement of vegetables down their little darlings gullets on a daily … Continue reading
Nashville Needs A Bookstore
Last night I finished a novel called The Novel Bookstore. The premise, unusual albeit narcissistic, was the idea of the two main characters- to create a bookstore that only carried great novels. I basically understood their desire to be void of the … Continue reading
Just Read For There Is Time
The Sad Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going To Miss Almost Everything is an essay byLinda Holmes I found while perusing NPR’s website. It gave me a scratch I needed for my never-ending book itch. Yes, sadly the author conveys … Continue reading
A Letter From Greg Mortenson
I am on the email list for the Central Asia Institute. I received the following email this evening. I am happy to share it. Sunday, April 17, 2011 Asalaam-o-Alaikum (Peace Be With You). Greetings from Montana and on behalf … Continue reading
In Support of Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute
During my childhood and throughout most of my adulthood I loved the game of baseball. I followed the Pittsburgh Pirates with total devotion and the rest of the National League with sincere fervor. I weathered a couple of strikes and … Continue reading
My Reality Is All I Need
I had to ask a friend what Jersey Shore was. I knew it was a television show because I often heard snippets of folks discussing the latest episode. After she explained what it was I pictured myself leaping off a cliff … Continue reading
Maybe He’s Mommy’s Boy After All
Books. Have I mentioned I love books? I think I may have uttered that fact once or twice. If I could put books in a giant cereal bowl and pour milk over them and eat them for breakfast I would. … Continue reading
