I was an English major in college, sometimes being expected to read two novels a week. Through grad school, I continued to read, specializing in American literature, and my passion for reading has continued on for forty-plus years. …
Writing is a crazy business. For two years, I struggled to make money writing. I wrote on Medium. I wrote for small publications. I published a memoir. But no matter how much time, effort, and energy I put into my work, I couldn’t make it pay. …
The story of Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without Squanto, the “friendly” Indian who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony survive. He taught them how to cultivate crops, which plants they could use and which they should avoid, and how to tap the native maple trees for sap.
Squanto acted as…
Aren’t you glad you don’t have to go outside, chop down trees, hack them into chunks, haul them into the house (bringing in mice, spiders, and all kinds of crawling insects) and shove them into a woodstove to stay warm?
Do you ever think about what it would be like…
Some books I appreciate for their plot. Some for their character development. In others, I’m awed by the scope of the story, and sometimes I’m fascinated by the uniqueness of the concept.
Denise Kiernan’s nonfiction book, The Last Castle, wowed me with the enormity of its research. Beginning in the…
Forty-five years ago, August 17, 1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley was published by Doubleday and shot straight into the hearts of the people. …
When was the last time you laughed out loud when you saw a commercial?
It happened to me today, a commercial so perfectly executed to hit my funny bone and my belief system that when I saw it, I laughed out loud. …
I admit it. This was a different kind of book for me to read, but when a friend of a friend wrote it and it was nominated for a nonfiction award, I knew I wanted to get it.
I am so glad I did. Reading Radical Spirits expanded my understanding…
When I was young, my dad would take my sister and me to the library on a Saturday morning — just for fun. We were a reading family and got a thrill from picking our stack of books for next week’s reads.
My sister and I would run downstairs to…
It’s a quote I keep pinned in front of my desk where I can look at it daily:
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace…
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