Category: Life with a Reader
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, 1847, 19 hours or 464 pages, Gothic, Coming-of-Age The story begins in the English country manor. Jane Eyre is ten years old, a poor, unlovely orphan with a tempestuous nature. She lives with an aunt and cousins who do not love her. Sometimes she bows under the strain, sometimes she fights back. After…
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Midsummer’s Reading
There’ still time for summer reading. Eva and I wanted to get in some planned reading this summer and created a book challenge for ourselves. You are welcome to join us! At the bottom of the post you will find a button to print or download this challenge. National Book Lover’s Day is August 9.…
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The June Collection: Oh, Sunshine!
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we offer links and ideas for you to explore with us. I do not have a garden this year. The herbs and raspberries came up and they are surrounded by weeds right now. It makes me sad. But I am also glad to take it a bit easier this…
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Valleys Lead to Higher Ground
At my sister’s funeral several years ago, the minister at the graveside talked about walking through the valley of the shadow of death. He said we would all be walking that valley as we grieved the loss of her life. But he reminded us that the God of all hope would be with us and…
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Author Spotlight: Uzzi Reiss and Some Book Suggetions
“Uzzi Reiss (born 1945 in Haifa) is an American private practice gynecologist offering anti-aging medicine services.He runs his California-based practice The Beverly Hills Anti-aging Center for Men and Women & Advanced Nutrition and Hormone-Based Gynecology. He received his M.D. from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1972, and completed his U.S. medical residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he served as chief resident…
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The April Collection: Flights of Fancy
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we post interesting and fun information; stuff we came across that caught our attention or tickled our funny bone, or inspired action. I made this Italian Raspberry Ricotta Cake for dessert on Sunday and saved the recipe to make again because we all liked it. I made it in…
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Upgrade Your Health for Free
If we did everything we ‘should’ to be healthy, we would spend all our time and money on ourselves and that’s not even healthy! But neither is that an excuse to do nothing. Even though there are many, many free things you can do to promote health, this list is purposely short. First, you can…
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If You Tell The Books…
I thought I’d let you in on a conversation I had recently. A lot of my best friends were there, and the time had come to talk of some difficult things. I addressed the bookshelves. “I’ve been thinking about you and it seems you are getting really crowded. Maybe it’s time for some of you…
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The February Collection: It’s in the Details
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we post interesting and fun information; stuff we came across that caught our attention or tickled our funny bone, or inspired action. The picture above is what I collected on a recent walk. There are signs of spring if you look closely! We are in the middle of a…
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6 Ways to Use My Word of the Year
You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Irish Proverb I chose a word for 2024, and maybe you did, too. How is that word working for you? My life got busy and I forgot about it, until the end of January when I was writing a summary of the month,…
So She Reads 