“Think of a letter, Ralph Waldo Emerson urged his daughter, as ‘a kind of picture of a voice.’” – from a NY Times book review on Yours Ever by Thomas Mallon. (Book review by St… more →
Coffee Talkwrote 1 month ago: “Think of a letter, Ralph Waldo Emerson urged his daughter, as ‘a kind of picture of a v … more →
wrote 3 months ago: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats … more →
wrote 8 months ago: “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human … more →
wrote 9 months ago: As some of you know who may occasionally check this blog, I wrote my master’s thesis on the wo … more →
wrote 9 months ago: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My library nook. My sister’s family built these bookshelves on the landing of my stairs for my … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is part of one of my bookshelves. It contains some of the books my Leviathan Book Club has read … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Holiday Wish ListsWish Lists come to IndieBound.org! Using the new book search (see below), you can … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “We are born broken, we live by mending, and the grace of God is glue.” – a slight … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Mortenson in a WU classroom So I was AWOL from the blog in November; I admit it. However, I do have … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is a great clip via CNN.com of Greg Mortenson. His story is presented in the book Three Cups of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: J. K. Rowling “It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilitie … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” -Mah … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Natalie Goldberg “Read books. They are good for us.” -Natalie Goldberg … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today I learned about a really neat website for instructors and students called Google Lit Trips. If … more →
wrote 1 year ago: So, I’ve started reading the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I’m only about a hundre … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero … more →