Silence has been a gift to me this past year. Back in March I blogged about one of my favorite authors, Ann LeClair and her latest book “Listening Below the Noise”. I read it in one day and her experience with silence over nineteen years helped me immensely straighten out the craziness going on in . . . → Read More: Silence Has Been Golden For Me
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Everywhere I go I end up learning something new or gaining a different viewpoint for old topics. Last night my husband and I had a lovely evening out. We went to see Moneyball. Great story. Great actors. I highly recommend it for an entertaining evening, but it was not the enjoyment of the plot and . . . → Read More: Moneyball Today I cannot not tell you about Gloria. My day began with Breakfast with the Authors at the beautiful Wianno Country Club in Osterville. Osterville is a small town on the south side of the cape, right on the water. There is only one word to describe Osterville: elegant. From the shops, to the . . . → Read More: Gloria I just spent yesterday and today reading Kristin Hannah’s newest book “Night Road”. I read from 8:30 this morning until noontime and cried and cried the whole time. Only if you’re a mom will you feel that much emotion and unimaginable pain while reading this book. Also, if you ever suffered a depression over loss . . . → Read More: For Moms Only… Some years ago a friend introduced me to the idea of getting a new meditation book every year as my birthday passes and a new school year begins. Melody Beattie is one of my favorite spiritual authors. I’m drawn to her thoughts and writings because she believes in God and what He has to say, . . . → Read More: For Drama Addicts The book, The Secret, was brought up in conversation today. This book and video have been sensationalized on talk shows and the Internet. I read it, along with Lisa Love’s Beyond the Secret. The “secret” is the law of attraction; the concept being what you think about is what you’ll get. Now don’t get me . . . → Read More: What Secret? Today was the last day of summer camp -aka the close of this year's Cape Cod Writer's Conference. We all said goodbye to our friends, both new and old, exchanged email addresses, formed writer's groups, gathered up our notebooks, along with all our new learning, and headed out to our cars. As I walked down . . . → Read More: Last Day of Camp Today was a short day. In class it was share day. We were asked to share our picture book or the first page of our chapter book to be discussed by the class. I politely declined this invitation. I knew my picture book wasn't ready, and, rather unusual for me, this has been more of . . . → Read More: Summer Camp – Day 4 “Words must have texture like a crisp fall apple.” “Live every day as if it’s your last because one day you’ll be right!” ….is the way day 3 of summer camp ended. Both of tonight’s keynote speakers were excellent, but the gentleman that I quoted above was absolutely enchanting. Malachy McCourt became a NY Times . . . → Read More: Small Beside the Ocean – Summer Camp Day 3 Day 2 of my writing conference has been a day of learning little things – none of which connect to each other in any way, but yet come in handy at different times. It all started in my morning meditation where the theme was not always looking at ourselves as traveling toward some end . . . → Read More: Just Be – Summer Camp Day 2 |
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