Shelter is my guiding word for this year. It is a non-striving word. A shelter offers refuge, provides safety, and embraces calm and quiet. Notebooks provide shelter for my mind and memory. I have a plethora of the darlings as one can never have too many notebooks. In … [Read more...] about Finding Shelter…Through My Notebooks
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What We're...Reading: Considering the enormous success of her memoir Becoming in 2018, Michelle Obama’s follow up, The Light We Carry, will be the biggest must-read this season. Where Becoming was a memoir of the First Lady’s experiences leading up to her time in the White … [Read more...] about Add These Books To Your Reading List
Dating Today: Do You Know Your Attachment Style?
Notes taken and adapted from How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. Do you know what your attachment style is? We ALL have one. You might wonder why your marriage ended. Or why you have the same argument over and over with your girl/boyfriend. You might see a … [Read more...] about Dating Today: Do You Know Your Attachment Style?
An Outing: A Warm And Cozy Place To Eat.
First, check out the Maker Pavilion at the Northeast Regional Library in Lyndon, and then head out La Grange Road to the Village Anchor for lunch. Talk about comfortable and cozy! With its back to back stone fireplaces, framed art on the ceiling, and gleaming chandeliers, it is … [Read more...] about An Outing: A Warm And Cozy Place To Eat.
The Peace In Everyday Comforts
Where do I find comfort? Let me count the ways: Books I just like being around them. The smell, the sound of pages turning, the feel of the paper, the ideas they contain. I enjoy my own full bookshelves, libraries, bookstores, and book sales. My favorite question to ask … [Read more...] about The Peace In Everyday Comforts