Category: Life with a Reader
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The Big Picture is Made of Small Moments
The Artist in His Studio, Rembrandt, 1626 Here I am at the page. I am sitting on my bare front porch, facing gray-green mountains with white peaks and a blue sky above. A breeze brushes past. I had decided I wouldn’t write anything today. I didn’t feel so good. It took so long to get…
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Poets on Poetry
I do love quotes! Here are some from poets about poetry, along with a few thoughts on what the quote means to me. To be a poet is a condition, not a profession. — Robert Graves Maybe poetry is like the common cold. Every so often we ‘catch’ it and write a poem. Poetry is…
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The Bookmark: September
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Vincent van Gogh,1888, oil on canvas, Arles, France. It’s the end of September and time to review the current reads. I slowed way down and finished only two books this month, but I certainly enjoyed them. I hope they sound interesting to you and you give…
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Autumnal Reading Inspirations and Recommendations
Make a large cup of tea and get comfortable. We are going to talk about fall reading! Since September is considered ‘the other new year’, now is a good time to reassess your reading life and to choose some books with intention and anticipation. Autumnal books have atmosphere and awaken a feeling of nostalgia, decay,…
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How Can I Write in Times Like These?
Writers often discredit their work. The ‘real’ world is falling to pieces, whether politically, emotionally, financially or whatever. Bigger things should be done than sitting quietly at a desk writing words that may or may not ever be read. I have never heard someone say, How can I knit in times like these? Or how…
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Harvest Song
Riding down the country road, nothing’s lonely asa dirty pickup truck, a creaking saddleand wind blowing;nothing’s empty asover the open plaina desert skysifting the sand;nothing’s sadder thanwandering trails,always searchingthe golden fieldsfor a dream;you’ll only hearthe warm autumn sunturning the grain to gold,the song of the saddleand old days rememberedwhen you are lonesome, too;searching the skywhen…
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Links to Recipes and What I’m Making For Supper
Fall often brings cooking inspiration, and something about the change, the weather, the shift to indoors that I know is coming, makes me want to cook and bake more. I don’t consider myself much of a cook, but I knew there were a few recipes on So She Reads. I gathered them together and see…
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The Bookmark: August
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Vincent van Gogh,1888, oil on canvas, Arles, France. August tends to feel momentous. One notices a feeling in the air. There’s a birthday. There’s the end of summer that’s so sad and sweet at the same time. There’s the garden harvest that’s now or never. There’s…
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The Christian Hymnal: A Review
There’s a local legend about a statician who kept track of songs sung in church at a particular congregation. On the spreadsheet, he found the most often led song was number 35, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. It was sung eight times over a span of five years. Is that all the oftener we…
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Understanding Your Reading Tendencies
She pulled Anne of Green Gables from the floor where she had dropped it, and hugged it to herself. She started this book yesterday and was so glad her chores were done. She fluffed the blanket out under the tree, patted her kitty and flopped down to read. She opened the book, propped her chin…
