No Teleprompter, No Mercy

What are you reading?” “50 Shades of Grey.” “What?” “Mommy porn.” “Ew.” We were lying on the beach in Aruba, a girls’ vacation, when one of my gal pals first introduced me to the book that apparently everyone was talking about. I had never heard of it. “Like a romance novel?” My other friend, who was devouring The [...]

Okay, so there’s a theme emerging this week.

Our recent weather may not be all that fantastic, but it’s led me back to one of my very favorite books. Simply put:  I love Vivian Swift’s When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put. My sister gave it to me as a gift a couple of Christmases ago and while other books [...]

Click the pic to learn more about this great story featured this summer as a choice read of the Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle, the oldest continuous book club in America. One of my favorite Mighty Queens, my sister Beth and I are looking forward to being part of the conversation at Chautauqua this summer. [...]