Category Archives: tracy kidder

“Hmmph. That’s Crazy.”

Posted on February 14, 2019 by jayne bowers

A thirteen-year-old girl who’s having a spinal tap screams out, “It hurts, I’m hungry.” When I began my most recent post a couple of days ago, my intention was to write about the above prompt, something I’d scribbled in a … Continue reading →

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Reading List

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jayne bowers

Since retiring from full-time employment, I’ve been able to fulfill a lot of “wishing and hoping” dreams from those crazy, busy days of working and raising children. While I loved that time period, the demands and expectations didn’t leave much … Continue reading →

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Morning Zen and Deo

Posted on January 7, 2015 by jayne bowers

I confess. I’m a bibliophile. Reading has influenced my life in so many ways that I can’t begin to list them all. I’ll just say that if it weren’t for reading, I’d be a lot less interesting, even to myself. … Continue reading →

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What Are You Reading?

Posted on January 22, 2014 by jayne bowers

Whenever I’m immersed in a book I find myself thinking about the author’s ideas pretty much all the time. If it’s a work of fiction, then I think about the characters and their motivation, appearance, and surroundings. I wonder what … Continue reading →

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When Too Much is Too Much

Posted on February 19, 2013 by jayne bowers

Good readers make good writers, right? That’s what I’ve heard, and I’ve been fully taking advantage of those words of wisdom lately. I’ve been  A LOT of reading and a little bit of writing, mainly in my journal. Last night … Continue reading →

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