Books about Alaska
To prepare for our summer adventure to Alaska, I read Michener’s great novel, Alaska, and three books recommended by Lindblad Expeditions. John …
Celebrating Full Lives
Two memoirs I’ve read recently provide inspiration for living con brio. The first is Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy by Susan Spencer-Wendel and Bret …
Comanches and Texans
The Panhandle of Texas is where I grew up some hundred years after the buffalo and the Comanche Indians reigned supreme. Boy …
May Reading
May was my lucky month. I was able to meet with all three of my book groups. The non-fiction group at Central …
Catherine the Great
Two books, a biography of Catherine the Great and a novel about the fabulous art collection she amassed, took me to St. …
Two Poets I LIke
Richard Blanco, though he was named for Richard Nixon by his Castro-hating father, was the perfect poet to grace the Inaugural festivities …
Pete the Cat
My grandson Thomas LOVES a book named Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Now that I’ve read it umpteen times, I’m …
Weather of the Future
For January 2013 one of my book groups is reading The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from …
Saving Children in Novels and in Life
My son David points out that the heroic act by one of the Newtown teachers, Victoria Soto, in giving her life to …
Books I Like
First half of 2013: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway is a really dark book with just a little dash of hope …