Category: Fiction
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Frankie’s Christmas Orange: A One Act Play
When I was a girl and my friends came over, we would spend the afternoon in the attic. My mom loved to save things and this was a treasure store of old clothes and shoes, out-of-date paraphnelia and broken furniture that had hopes of being repaired. Naturally, in this imaginative habitat, there were some afternoons…
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Season’s Readings: TBR in December
December is an interlude in the year; separate from all the other seasons. There is autumn until Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and really winter doesn’t start until January. I like winter well enough, I’m always ready for it when it comes around, but not thinking it’s winter until January makes it seem shorter. In December, I…
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The Scarlet Letter
I’m on a classics reading spree; if that’s not your thing you can skip this post.😘 And those of you who don’t like spoilers can turn the page too.👋 The Scarlet Letter takes place in the mid 1600’s in Puritan world of Boston, Massachusetts. Most people caught in adultery would have been hung on the…
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How You Can Read Classics
After reading several books lately that didn’t offer much, I was disillusioned. After abandoning books half way through, I was afraid I’d have nothing to review here. To fix this, I made a goal to read better books. I decided to start by reading twenty pages and stopping to consider if I want to continue.…
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The Remains of the Day
This lovely, short book is listed in a recent post about great summer books. I would like to tell you more about it. I happened across a description of The Remains of the Day where the reviewer said it was about “an English butler reflecting on his life of service.” As it happens, my word…
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Timeless Summer Reads: Connecting Past and Present
The air wafting through my open window has a special feel today. It’s drowsy, dreamy and transportive. It is blowing from some far away childhood summer afternoon, and brings with it the feelings and thoughts of those days, taking me back to imaginary summers long before I was born. It brings timeless thoughts and feelings…
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Author Spotlight Part 2: Jane Austen
I like Jane Austen’s stories because of the courtly the manners or lack thereof, the old language and big words, the wit and humor. These heroines had standards to live up to. And the characters are so like people we live with, work with and socialize with today. Each one is a study in human…
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Author Spotlight: Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novel writer. You can read Austen’s books as witty romances or insightful commentary on the social classes and materialistic society of Georgian England. No novel written since her time is exempt from her influence. Jane’s books have rarely been out of print since their first publication dates. George Austen,…
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19 Lines from My Notebook
I love a good sentence! Either specifically clear or beautifully poetic, I collect them in my notebook or underline them in books. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. “I worked so hard for so many years to make my life into something, that it was a surprise to see all the truly…
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Tips for Creating Memorable Christmas Letters (and why you should write one)
Which side are you on? There are those that love to write Christmas letters and those that don’t. There are those that love to read them and those that don’t. There are letters that are a delight and those that aren’t. I’ve written both kinds. And because I keep trying, I think I might have…
So She Reads 