My love for my husband has grown exponentially over the last two hours. It’s yet another stifling day here in Toronto and I’m just a bit grumpy about it because our home has no air conditioning. So as I sit here wallowing in my misery, my husband has been assisting our daughter as she packs for … [Read more...]
Book Review: They May Not Mean To, But They Do By Cathleen Schine
Last year, while getting my eyes examined, I mentioned to my (very young) optometrist that I felt like the world was getting darker. I was having difficulty seeing things and was finding that I needed more light, especially while reading. I wasn’t going blind, he assured me. Apparently, a darkening … [Read more...]
Book Review: At The Edge Of The Orchard By Tracy Chevalier
My aunt and I were reminiscing last week about some of the vacations that we took together when I was a child. My family didn’t have a lot of extra money to spend on exotic trips; our vacations were spent driving to various famous sites and national parks instead. We loved to camp, and many of my … [Read more...]
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
I have this thing with Facebook: I can’t decide if I love it or I hate it. I love the fact that I get to keep in touch with people I probably wouldn’t otherwise, but I hate the fact that I’m kind of addicted to it. I resisted signing up with Facebook for quite a while. I’m a private person, and I … [Read more...]
Lilac Girls By Martha Hall Kelly
Some kids get in trouble for refusing to do chores, ditching school, or getting bad grades. I wasn’t one of those kids. I used to get in trouble for reading. I should probably clarify that is wasn’t the actual reading that got me in trouble, it was the fact that I was doing it, under my covers … [Read more...]
Book Review: “All The Winters After” By Seré Prince Halverson
Some kids get an allowance, but I used to earn a nickel for every deer I spotted and a dollar for every bald eagle. I only earned a penny for each white horse, though, because they were easier to find. The summers of my youth were spent in a family cabin on a lake in north-western Wisconsin. It … [Read more...]
Book Review: “Nowhere Girl” By Susan Strecker
I’m one of those people with a birthday at Christmas time. People frequently ask me what it’s like having a birthday during the holiday season and my answer is always the same: I don’t know any differently. I don’t know what it’s like to have a pool party, or to receive presents wrapped in something … [Read more...]
Book Review: “Bone And Bread” By Saleema Nawaz
I frequently feel guilty when my daughter tells me she’s bored. She’s an only child who, quite honestly, is capable of entertaining herself, but I know that she sometimes yearns for a sibling—someone to confide in, play games with, and, of course, commiserate with about her unfair parents. I get it. … [Read more...]
Book Review: “I’ll See You In Paris” By Michelle Gable
As a kid, I didn’t have a lot of luck when it came to art museums. To be more precise, I set off an alarm in one and threw up in another. My mother was always a great fan of art. She majored in Humanities, and our family spent many Sunday afternoons wandering around the local galleries in our … [Read more...]
Book Review: “The Forgetting Time” By Sharon Guskin
I was forty years old when I got my first tattoo. I had been contemplating getting one for years and finally decided that forty was as good of a time as any. I mean if I was going to turn forty, for cryin’ out loud, I might as well do something memorable. I’m no stranger to tattoos. My father has … [Read more...]
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