June 11th, 2013
I’m always amused when I see reading lists for the beach. However, without a beach, we can still enjoy reading anytime during the summer!
Being an avid reader, I get my book suggestions from friends, Amazon (this website is very clever about sending book suggestions similar to books recently ordered), and the New York Times Sunday book supplement. It’s really too easy to hit that Amazon site and within minutes order $50 worth of books which are usually delivered within a (more)
May 16th, 2013
It’s graduation time and parents and grandparents are in the audience for commencement. If you haven’t experienced a commencement lately, it may be a bit lengthy, depending on the size of the graduating class.
Last year I attended my granddaughter’s commencement at Hillsdale. They traditionally hold it outdoors, and fortunately, the weather cooperated. Two years earlier when her brother graduated, it rained, and everything had to be held inside. Either way, grandmother wouldn’t have missed the experience! (Unlike the parents who (more)
April 18th, 2013
Last week, when I was clearing my closet of seldom, if ever worn items, which seemed like a bargain on the sales rack, it occurred to me that it was almost a spiritual, cleansing experience. With each rejected item, I was relieving myself of ever having to feel guilty about these mistakes again. (At least I can cross that one off my guilty list!)
As I began to delve deeper into the closet (Let’s face it, closets!), I began to think (more)