The Art of Living in an Impermanent World
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Mary Jo Shankle has checked a lot of important things off the list: kids situated in college, screened-in porch built, Extreme Volunteer Commitments wrapped up (for now). In the last 6 months, she’s focused on her health – and you…
Laura Cooper manages three sons, a husband (currently running for City Council, see johncooperforcouncil), and three dogs. She also manages to read widely, think deeply, and consider the big picture: why are things as they are? Today, I’m delighted to feature…
It’s pretty helpful to have a twin along for the joyride that is middle school, especially one who can help you figure out how the other half thinks! My niece and nephew have each other’s backs. This past week, they gave…
You’ll quickly learn how little you know about anything, including how to talk about it. I’m being schooled regularly by my own teenagers when they aren’t too salty to have a conversation. Getting a new iphone 6? Hype! The way…
A woman long dead – marvelous and bold and complicated – is the subject of Paula McLain’s new novel, Circling the Sun. Read this book if you want to spend more time in Paula McLain’s company (The Paris Wife). I wouldn’t blame…
Monica McDougall is just back from an Out West adventure: two weeks, two families, two RV’s, too much fun! (One painful, beautiful book – more on that later.) They saw the sights – Mount Rushmore, Old Faithful, the “World Famous Corn Palace”…
I raved about Dietland a couple of weeks ago at Bacon and pressed it upon my friend Grace Awh, who was headed to Vienna and Prague and was looking for a good read on the plane. She called me today with…
Matt Osborne is likely the only person who bought Go Set A Watchman, by Harper Lee, and Dark Days: A Memoir, by Randy Blythe, on the same day. Randy Blythe is frontman for the metal band Lamb of God and…
I have a book to recommend to you – a grown up tale, and true – that has every bit as much cruelty, wonder and suspense as you find in the world of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. “I grew…