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‘Gone with the Wind’ by Margaret Mitchell gave me all the complicated feelings and thoughts. So I am sharing all the complicatedness with you! Explanation of the title. Lest I … Continue reading Book Review: Gone with the Wind, Part One
This was the year of the books. I read 74 books in 2022. It really didn’t seem that many until I added it all up the other day. Then my … Continue reading Books of 2022
It’s been a year. Here we are, days from starting a new year. This week is my week to decide what I want my next year to look like. I … Continue reading Glancing Backward, Reaching Forward
(I can’t write the title without singing the song from Fiddler on the Roof…) I have always had a skeptical view of traditions. Whether it came from my upbringing, or … Continue reading Tradition
I actually finished it. According to Goodreads, it took me two years to finish this monster of a novel. There is a discolored spot on the pages where my bookmark … Continue reading Book Review: War and Peace
It is probably just me, but it feels like November has been dragging on and on and on. This hasn’t been one month, it is two masquerading as one. We … Continue reading Snow
Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner (note to self: make sure you bought the right ingredients for green bean casserole…) this is a short list of things I am … Continue reading Thankful
I took a break from Instagram. By a break I mean a looooong break over months of it completely off of my phone. This is not a sermon on how … Continue reading My Love/Hate Relationship with Social Media
What it’s like to write a blog post. I sit down in a comfortable spot with my computer. (the more comfortable it is, the better, we may be here a … Continue reading How to Write a Blog Post
I commute to work every morning. As the sun is crawling out of bed I clamber into my car and head down well worn roads. After my day at work … Continue reading Morning Traffic
You don’t have to read every single book. Really, you don’t. Realistically, you won’t be able to anyway. There are hundreds of years worth of books by thousands of authors … Continue reading To the Picky Readers
Have you ever read a book and thought, ‘This is my kind of book?’ I just did. I love many books, but this one was the kind of book I … Continue reading Book Review: Piranesi
The Beauty of a Story 