Category: Book Review

The Importance of Social Skills

When I returned the audiobook, The Art of Mingling, to the library, another suggestion popped up. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by journalist, political commentator & pundit, David Brooks. Depth…

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Honoring Women

As I write, International Women’s Day draws to a close. Women’s History Month has barely just begun. Invisible Women Historical Fiction is one of my favorite genres. I recently finished listening to Kristin Hannah’s new book, The Women … a…

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Finding Inspiration

Because the news is meant to alert us to dangers, we get a pretty consistent diet of disturbing and scary news these days. Depression, knots in the pit of your stomach, fatigue, feeling powerless, and PTSD can result. Here’s my…

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On Being MySELF

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson So begins the book I recently found mentioned in a New York Times article. Written by Laurie Helgoe,…

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Reposting: Preparation

Diana and I had been talking about taking a Civil Rights tour of Selma and Montgomery, Alabama for several years. She knew it was on my bucket list. She made it possible by sandwiching the trip between visits with her…

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Quiet

I have been quiet … my last posting appearing on February 7. I began to doubt I had anything of value to share anymore. In this post, I will reveal what I recently learned during this quiet time while reading…

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Bless the Birds

This visionary and prophetic memoir written by a woman of wisdom lights the way to living and loving fully until we die.

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Rewrite the Stars

A love story gone awry with an intriguing twist and a creative resolution.

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