“See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…we need silence to be able to touch souls.” ~ Mother Teresa
2017 Reading Challenge: A book written during the 1940s.
If you’ve been following along with my 2017 Reading Challenge, you’ll notice that we’ve approached the year’s halfway point. We (well, I) read through the Victorian era, the turn of the century, the first World War, the Roaring 20s, and the Great Depression, and now we’ve arrived in the 1940s. The defining event of the decade was,… Continue Reading
In the Spotlight: Favorite Instagram Accounts to Follow
I mentioned in my A-Z Favorites post that Instagram is one of my favorite spots to hang out online. My feed is mostly filled up with pictures from personal friends and family members. But I also follow quite a few bloggers, several favorite stores, some bookstagrammers, and a hodgepodge of accounts that provide me with ideas for outfits, meals,… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Clarence Buddington Kelland
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” ~ Clarence Buddington Kelland Continue Reading
Let’s Hear It For the Dads!
Is it just me, or is Father’s Day in need of a little TLC? Maybe even a complete image overhaul! Nominally, it’s the Dad equivalent to Mother’s Day, but while we’re all fully on board with celebrating Mom, the dads out there seem to be getting the short end of the stick. Mom gets breakfast… Continue Reading
Quick Lit: Reading Wrap Up, Part 2 // June 2017
As promised, here is Part 2 of this month’s quick(ish) book reviews. These five books are across the spectrum in terms of content, as well as my opinions of them. Their one commonality is that all five were published within the last year. Let’s get to the reviews! The Mothers, by Brit Bennett: Still grieving her… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Randy Pausch
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.” ~ Randy Pausch Continue Reading
Quick Lit: Reading Wrap-Up Part 1 // June 2017
It’s one of my favorite times of the month here on the blog—the day when I get to share reviews of what I’ve read in the past few weeks! I usually split these Quick Lit posts up by Fiction and Nonfiction books, but this month’s Fiction/Nonfiction ratio was a little unbalanced, so this month’s reviews… Continue Reading
Links I Love {June 2017 Edition}
Experiences are always better when we get to share them with others; even when the experience is an individual one, our instinctive response to a positive event or good news is to tell someone else about it. I heard recently that the reason for this is that recounting a good experience allows us to relive the… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Norman Vincent Peale
“Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale Continue Reading