I am helping with a Girl Scout summer book club—and being around a bunch of eager, smiling girls makes me feel a bit happier. Recently, we read the book The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart. According to these authors, we all need to be more purple, and they define […]
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The Way Things Are
by resolutewoman on May 21, 2022 in book, change
“There is no way things should be, only the way things are—and the way things are going to keep changing,” writes Kirstin Valdez Quade in The Five Wounds.
Life is how we tell it
by resolutewoman on December 4, 2021 in advice, book, character
Carme, a character in Isabel Allende’s book A Long Petal of the Sea, wrote down her recollections. She wrote them down “as a precaution, in case at some point her memory began to fail her. She embellished the facts, because she was aware that life is how we tell it.” What story do you tell […]
Obama optimism
by resolutewoman on October 30, 2021 in book, change, character
Yes, people can change. Our optimism has to be extended to people — even, or perhaps especially, to those we don’t agree with, said President Obama in an interview about his new book . “Sometimes we put (other people) in a box and we assume that they’re never going to change, and I reject that,” […]
Candy corn, not vegetables
by resolutewoman on August 21, 2021 in book, reading
We all need to read more. Tracy Dahlby, a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, argues, in an article in The Dallas Morning News, that this country needs a better literary infrastructure. In his article, Dahlby says that, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Americans invest 16 minutes a […]
A book for Mother’s Day
by resolutewoman on May 6, 2021 in book, children, mothers
I just remembered a delightful children’s book called The Mother’s Day Mice. It’s a story by Eve Bunting about three mice children who decide to look for a present for their mother. One suggests a rock. Another suggests a daisy. “They’re nice, but not special enough for this special day,” says Little Mouse. Finally, Biggest […]
Merry books for Christmas
by resolutewoman on December 1, 2020 in book, friends, holidays
Happy December! I am buying presents—online, of course. Lots of books for presents. I love to give people books for Christmas—even people who aren’t big readers. Maybe they will read the book I give them!? “Books are good company, in sad times and happy times,” E. B. White once said.
A joyful warrior
by resolutewoman on November 10, 2020 in book, change, courage
“My daily challenge to myself is to be part of the solution, to be a joyful warrior in the battle to come,” writes Kamala Harris in her book The Truths We Hold—An American Journey. “My challenge to you is to join that effort. To stand up for our ideals and values.”
Truth and facts
by resolutewoman on October 15, 2020 in balance, book, character, Uncategorized
“There is no truth, we all know that,” says Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize winning author. “No one truth. No objective truth. No simple truth or no one simple truth either. But there are facts. Hard facts. Objective facts. Verifiable facts. And the more facts you come up with, the closer you come to whatever truth […]
Enlarge your world
by resolutewoman on October 13, 2020 in book, happiness, reading
I just visited Washington, D.C., with Bob Woodward when I read Rage, and, before that trip, I visited the forests of California with Robert Powers when I read The Overstory. I am thankful for books during this pandemic! “There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all,” Jacqueline […]
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