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Book Review: Life With My Idiot Family

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice over Childhood Sexual Abuse If you knew Kathy Picard in high school or junior…

Game Changer

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]My life has recently changed for the better.  My son got his driver’s license, and it is an absolute game changer. We did not run out and buy…

Book Review: Motherhood, Martyrdom, and Costco Runs

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] Motherhood Martyrdom & Costco Runs I admit to being a tad competitive. I mean, I was happy to have won a Bronze Reader’s Favorite Medal for my…

Oh Ricky You’re So Fine

I will not deny that I am older than my 47 years might imply.  I’m not particularly young at heart, I’m a soul that belongs in assisted living.  I know…

Book Review — A Man Called Ove

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] A Man Called Ove: A Novel “A Man Called Ove” is a simple story of a man, Ove, who has a very clear sense of right and…

Now That It’s Over, I’m Thankful

I don’t know about you, but I’m mostly just thankful that I survived yet another Thanksgiving.  Just kidding.  Sort of. Holidays can be stressful.  Some of us are spending our…

Three Minutes in Milton

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] On Saturday, November 11, 2017, I had the immense privilege of participating in the “Book an Author” event at the Milton Literary Festival.  This was a sort…

Book Review: The Family Fang

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] The Family Fang: A Novel “The Family Fang” by Kevin Wilson is one of those books that called out to me from the library shelf. I had…

I’m 40 Now

I’m forty now (Ok, forty-six) A decent age I’ve had my fix Of parties, hoo-has, galas, and more Of drunken evenings on the shore   My worries now Have changed…

Book Review — I Am Malala

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Most everyone by now, I suppose, knows who Malala Yousafzai is.…

My Box. MINE.

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] I’m not really a stuff person, not really.  I mean, I have stuff, too much stuff (mostly books), but I recognize that I don’t have much of…

Book Review — On Truth

[sg_popup id=”1″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] On Truth I was wandering the stacks in the library, when I came upon the audio book for “On Truth” by Harry Frankfurt. Something about it caught…