July 2: Books expose you to people, places, and situations too which you might not otherwise have access. I learn a lot about who I am and who I want to be from books, good fiction, in particular. My definition of a good book is not one that is perfectly[…]
March 20th: Talk about the squirrel syndrome. I came home from an appointment desperately needing to write about March’s book club book, the one I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit. It’s a book of connected essays and I finished the final three this morning. If I had[…]
February 19th: I had pre-planned today’s gratitude post to coincide with last night’s book club. Our book, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, made me grateful for authors whose words and metaphors invited me to linger on the page and who exposed me to unfamiliar situations, people and feelings. Through the eyes of a[…]
I’m taking an art journaling eCourse by Brené Brown who is the author of The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. The eCourse uses art and journaling to contemplate and apply the Guideposts in the book, an example of[…]