Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →
I’ve started a year-long project to work through Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong (you’re welcome to join me here). A word that is used more than once in the text is exegesis. I’ve heard that word … Continue reading →
Welcome to the inaugural Compassionate Sunday! I’m starting a year-long study of Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong and you’re invited to join. If you want to make a blog post, there’s a link list below to … Continue reading →
One of the “fiercely creative projects” that I committed to yesterday in my final post for the Read Along of Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert was: Learn in Public about how to make a table display about my book group … Continue reading →
Happy February! Did your New Year get off to a good start? What books helped you reflect, re-examine, and resolve your thoughts about 2016? The New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge started my year with a burst of creativity and compassion — … Continue reading →
Book: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publication date: 2010 Pages: 222 Source: Library (but I purchased a copy to use for the coming year) Summary: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I shared photos of Plaza de Armas with its old government buildings and new book stalls. From there, we walked to the Plaza de la Catedral, featuring the Catedral de San Cristóbal, an 18th century … Continue reading →
What do you want to accomplish in the New Year? Will reading a book help you reach your goal, keep your resolution, or complete your project? Start the year off right by reading books that support your goals, resolutions, and … Continue reading →
As I wrote in an earlier post about food in Cuba, our meals were delicious but often had a certain sameness about them — a choice of chicken or fish or pork (all grilled to perfection), a salad plate of … Continue reading →
The first stop on our first full day in Havana was the historical Plaza de Armas. The Plaza de Armas has three concentric layers — a tree-filled square is surrounded by book stalls which are surrounded by colonial buildings. On … Continue reading →