“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles W. Eliot Reading 2020. I'm a bit behind in getting out my August reading post. If you've read my most recent post, Tuesday Truth #63, then you are already aware that [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 63. One of the definitions of mosaic as defined at dictionary.com comes in its use as an adjective. Composed of a combination of diverse elements. I think that humanity as a collective and as an individual fits into that definition of a mosaic. In thinking of this definition from an individual standpoint, [...]
* I was gifted with yarn and needles in return for my honest review. All opinions are my own.* To Knit. According to the Merriam- Webster dictionary the word knit means: to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles. But I'm sure you already know what knitting looks [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 62. Hey all!! I hope that everyone is doing well. As I shared in my recent "What I've Been Reading Lately" post, I've been working through The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. I started week 4 on August 4th. Imagine my surprise when she brings up reading deprivation. She shares that for [...]
“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.”– Ursula K. LeGuin Reading 2020. July ended up being a good month for some reading. Rainy days...days lounging near the beach...hot, sweltering days...all great days to dive deeply [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 61. It's been a while! I hope that you all are doing well. Life just keeps chugging along. We are in the middle of a heatwave here in Roanoke, Virginia. It makes me wonder how I spent so much of my life as a Floridian. Over the 4th of July, the hubby [...]
“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”-Jean Rhys Reading 2020. I was surprised to find some time to read in June, but I did! Reading List. 36. Turtles all the way down - John Green “The thing about a spiral is, [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 60. We can all change the world. It doesn't have to be done in leaps and bounds. Small steps taken regularly lead to great change. As Anne Frank says, we don't need to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. So go out there (socially distanced, of course) and [...]
“You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”– Paul Sweeney Reading in 2020. I mentioned in my last post, Choosing Not To Stay Silent, that later in the week I'd be sharing my reads from May. So here I [...]
Choices. We all have them. Don't we? Some big. Some small. And all those in-between. I could have come here today and shared my monthly reads from May. That was my planned topic of conversation for the first week of June. And yet, it feels wrong to not acknowledge the atrocity of a stolen life. [...]
