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Book Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
This is a little gem of a book. It is a quick read set in the post war 1940’s...
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Book Review: This I Believe
I really enjoyed these two sets of CD’s of a favorite NPR radio program, and give them 5 stars....
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A Seminar on Socrates’ Apology by Plato
The parents were given the homework of reading Plato’s Apology, which is his account of Socrates’ defense at his...
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Parent’s Weekend at St. John’s College
It has been our role today to rejoice in our oldest child thriving in a rigorous college setting. She...
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Book Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
On the drive to and from the wedding we listened to this classic book by Mark Twain, which I...
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Book Review: The Gift of an Ordinary Day
I resonated with this book for a lot of reasons. Like the author, I’m a mother with teenage kids...
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Studying Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime. No one painted like him; he was generally misunderstood....
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Book Review: A Girl of the Limberlost
My 12 year old daughter had read this book last spring and loved it so much that she bought...
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Book Review: If I Live To Be 100
I enjoyed this encouraging book of lessons from centenarians, and give it five stars. Written by Neenah Ellis about...
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Book Review: The Abstinence Teacher
This novel raises controversial issues about sex education and about the separation of church and state in suburban America....
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Book Review: Abstract and Colour Techniques in Painting
I checked this book out so many times from the library, I finally bought it with one of my...
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Book Review: There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
When I bought this book in 2001, I read the preface describing his “spiritual healing” during medical intervention, and...
