“If a character sits in a book and no one reads it, is he truly alive? As your eyes move across the pages, as you heard the story in your head, the characters moved for you, spoke for you, felt for you. So you see, it’s quite difficult to know who owns a story. Is…
“The only reason we do it (dance) is because we love it so much – otherwise it’s too hard.” – Joshua Bergasse, Choreographer for On the Town Hi Friends, I had the opportunity to attend the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards on Monday, June 2nd at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. It was…
“You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.” – p. 387 Hello Readers! What is it like to be invisible? What is it like to live in the shadow of someone else? What is it like to be held to higher standard because of the shortcomings of…
Hello Beautiful People, Summer is almost upon us! Do you know what that means? Longer, warmer days. I hope you get a chance to visit some of your favorite outdoor spots this month and spend time with a good book. Here are three books coming out this month that we’re looking forward to reading: Modern…
“The truth is, we need our friends. I mean, we need Jesus to truly complete us, but we absolutely need our girlfriends, because no man wants to listen to all the words we have to say in the course of a day.” – p. 36 Hello Readers, I have been blessed with a handful of…
Hi Readers! “Little free libraries are an oasis of serendipity in what is a fairly programmed age.” – p. 89 All libraries are beautiful in their own way. Many of the libraries we interact with today are town or county libraries and they don’t offer much in the way of inspiring architecture and breathtaking stacks…
Hello Beautiful People, After waiting almost a month on the library, I finally obtained and read a copy of Sara Gruen’s At the Water’s Edge (one of our March picks). Many of you are probably familiar with her Water For Elephants that was adapted for the screen in 2011 starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon….
Hello fellow readers! I hope you had a chance to read more books last month than you anticipated. I have been able to carve a generous amount of time out during my workweek to get some reading done. Getting wrapped up in a good book always lifts my spirits. Here are three books being published…
“As a culture, we’ve collectively bought into this lie that work has to be miserable.” – p. 5 Remember when you were in elementary school and older relatives asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? Some of you may have said a teacher, a lawyer, a veterinarian, or a basketball player….
“Happiness is not a destination: Being happy takes constant weeding, a tending of emotions and circumstances as they arise. There’s no happily ever after, or any one person or place that can bring happiness. It takes work to be calm in the midst of turmoil. But releasing the need to control it – well, that’s…