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Tag Archives: books
Be True Blue
A few days ago, I shared my impressions of two books I’ve recently read, Educated by Tara Westover and Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed. Both books are marvelous; both are about strength, determination, and becoming.Educated is a memoir, and Tiny … Continue reading
Yesterday’s Sun is Set
A few weeks ago, a friend asked me to share the title of a favorite novel for seven days and to nominate someone else to do the same. Fun, I thought. But then I realized the assignment wasn’t quite as … Continue reading
Posted in books, novels, racism, Uncategorized, writers
Tagged books, Julia Peterkin, Maya Angelou, Pulitzer Prize Novel
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Afraid of the Dark?
One Sunday night twenty years ago, my mother and I were talking on the phone when she said, “Your father wants to talk to you. Says it’s important.” “Sure,” I said, wondering what to expect. While many of my friends … Continue reading
Posted in books, children, light, love, reading, Uncategorized, words
Tagged books, darkness, family, light, love, Madeleine L'Engle
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A Circle of Quiet
Yesterday I finally got around to posting a review of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Circle of Quiet on Amazon. A lovely book of reflections on the author’s life experiences, opinions, and beliefs, it had me at this sentence found near the … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, readng, Uncategorized, writing, writing life
Tagged book reviews, books, Madeleine L'Engle, reading
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Love/Hate Relationship
Powerful. Compelling. Unsettling. Instructional. These and other descriptors depict my thoughts and feelings on pretty much every page of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Although I’d heard of Stowe’s well-known work for most of my life, I didn’t read it until this … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, Uncategorized, writers, writing
Tagged abolition, book reviews, books, Harriet Beecher Stowe, historical fiction, slavery, story telling
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Whose Candy Was It?
A variation on an old theme: there are always more beginners than enders in just about any enterprise worth pursuing. That’s on my mind this morning because of the challenge of writing the family history to the bitter end (at … Continue reading
Posted in ancestry, books, family histories, genealogy, Bible, memory, memoir, story telling, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged ancestors, Bible, books, family hisotry, genealogy, heritage, memories, writing
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Hey Honey
We’ve had several discussions about prefaces and introductions in our writing group. In the case of the family history, I chose to make the introduction part of the text and use it as the first chapter, “Setting the Stage.” For … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, ancestry, books, family histories, memoir, self publishing, story telling, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged ancestry, books, family histories, genealogy, memoir, writing
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