Any book with “Rebel” in the title makes me want to give it a chance. When I write about books that I love, I tend to infuse a lot of my personal life that might make you roll your eyes. So, to save ticking minutes, you may want to skip my meanderings and read a…
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A Tuesday Tour of Greats: Naturalist Photography, Christopher Foster, and The War of Art
{reading time ~ 5 min} I want to introduce you to greatness today. Please follow me as I guide you through each room, have a look around, enjoy the view, and please visit these abodes if you decide if you’d like a copy for your own home. Apologies for the lingo, but I actually used…
Naked in Eden ~ Breathing Change
Can someone please help me find my socks? They’ve been blown off my feet. My post today has two parts, a introduction to a very special author and her book, and a meet-n-greet with two women breathing change—while walking the walk. I couldn’t help but to spend time today glowing about these women. (Does the…
The Story of You
Having been a writer for much of my life, I am always hungry to learn new story structure methodologies, writing tips, and and what drives the reader to push through a story without abandoning the novel at page two. As many successful writers suggest, reading has a lot to do with being a good writer….
Book Review: What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life?
By Bruce Frankel ~True stories of finding success, passion, and new meaning in the second half of life~ When Lisa from TLC books offered to send me this book to review—the subtitle had me at hello. Who wouldn’t want to find passion and success at any and all points of our lives? While this book…
I Love Your Mind
Our Amazing Brains! I spend a lot of time in awe and amazement thinking about our amazing human body: the physical component of our human body, and the emotional and spiritual side. I love the body so much I earned my B.S. in nutrition and Ph.D. in molecular biology so I could understand it better….
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: Another Piece of the Puzzle
[photo credit afgooey74] LSD = D-lysergic acid diethylamide When I was asked to review The Harvard Psychedelic Club, authored by Don Lattin, the request couldn’t have come at a better time. Plus, Mr. Lattin was formerly the religion writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, right in my own geographical backyard. Coolio! I was born in…
The Next Thirteen
[Photo by Me] I tend to maintain a constant merry-go-round of thirteen books beside my bed, which rotates at an undefined interval. Some are permanent, some I read and return or donate to the library, and some I send to friends. Don’t ask me why the number is thirteen, it just happens that way. I…
The Thirteen
Happy Friday! A reader emailed me yesterday and asked me about the thirteen books taking up space in my living room. So, I thought I’d post today about those thirteen books. Getting to know me, getting to know more about me…(play the tune in your head for effect)… Letting you peek at my book stack…