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Here are four books to add to your beach bag (even if you’re not on vacation and just keep your beach bag next to the couch to reach into on weekends!) Non-Fiction Fury: A Memoir by Koren Zailckas This book reminded me how good writing can be. Zailckas takes us through her years of figuring out […]
Read MoreIt is pouring BUCKETS outside right now. Sheets of pelting rain. Which makes this a PERFECT day to draft a fun plan for summer reading, because Mama told me there’d be days like this…and that one should use these days to read. A few years ago, Steve and I spent the summer in the Finger Lakes […]
Read MoreSorry for being a blog no-show for the past few days. Life is good, great actually, in that, “SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE!” sort of way. I’m looking for excuses to go outside, rather than to hibernate indoors:) THIS DOG is progressing miraculously. This weekend, I took her up to see my parents. Because she sheds, […]
Read MoreWhat a weekend! Summer is finally here in New England. Last week was freezing cold and rainy, so I CANNOT DESCRIBE my delight in waking up to two sunny days this weekend. Honestly…there was GLEE! And the sunshine was just the beginning. Here are some other highlights: – I painted the dining room blue and […]
Read MoreTHIS DOG has outgrown her harness. She is slimming down and bulking up at the same time. It’s bizarre. She was a giant sausage link when we got her, so we’ve been diligently working to help her get svelte and sleek (and healthy) in time for beach season. We do 4-5 walks a day. Sometimes […]
Read MoreLast night, Harvard cancelled the Satanic Black Mass scheduled to be held on campus. I suspect some of the people championing the “reenactment” were just trying to be part of something showy & noteworthy at the end of the school year and had no concept of the evil they were playing with. Others, like the […]
Read MoreThis one surprised me. I expected a rather dull, sad story about a family pulled away from their faith by the heartbreak of losing their two daughters in a buggy crash. Instead, I found a smart, moving story about a family prompted by this heartbreak to consider their beliefs and practices in light of the […]
Read MoreThis is a booklet written for teenage girls by a former model who gave up a lucrative career because it was irreconcilable with her growing faith. I appreciate her story, but have mixed feelings about this particular book. The premise is lovely: inner beauty counts more than what you see on the outside, God loves […]
Read MoreWe had Bergie’s first training session last night! It was great, and she was most delighted by the sudden proliferation of liver treats in our living room. The trainer, Nayiri, gave us language lessons to help us communicate with our sweet pup, tips for new behaviors to replace things that we don’t like, and detailed […]
Read MoreI’m finding spiritual and professional guidance in unexpected places these days. On Saturday, I was reading the latest issue of Fast Company magazine (one of my favorites, despite my status as rather un-tech-savvy — great writing about what makes people tick bridges a whole lot of gaps for me). It includes a feature on Ed […]
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Trish Ryan 