The Big Leap (Book Review with Quotes)
This is an insightful book which can lead you to some ah ha moments.
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Clear Seeing Place (Book Review with Quotes)
This is a marvelous memoir by a successful and nice artist. Read here lots of quotes from it that I found illuminating.
Frederick Douglas: Prophet of Freedom (Book Review)
This beautifully written, Pulitzer prize winning, detailed, and very long biography is a tour de force.
The Wizard and the Prophet (Book Review)
This is a remarkable book on the history of environmentalism from two diametrically opposite perspectives.
Landscape Painting Now (Book Review with Painting Photos)
it was good to see a book on modern landscape painting that takes the genre seriously by serious artists, and as a still relevant topic for living professional painters.
Untamed (Book Review)
This book is about becoming who you are as opposed to who the world has told you to be.
Landscape Painting Inside and Out (Book Review)
I took copious notes from this thorough book and have copied them down here, both for my reference and yours.
A Woman of No Importance (Book Review)
Wow. Here’s a story of WWII’s most dangerous spy. She was a handicapped woman!
Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation (Book Review)
I enjoyed this graphic memoir a ton more than I thought I might, and now I want others to read it too!
Awareness (Book Review with Quotes)
If you need to freshen up your perspective, give this interfaith overview of conscious awakening a go. You’ll be glad to have put it into practice.
Warmth of Other Suns (Book Review)
I encourage you to read this narrative nonfiction blockbuster. I give it five stars. You’ll never forget what you learn.
The Universal Christ (Book Review with Quotes)
He went to bat for things I care about: stewardship of the environment, women as spiritual leaders, original innocence and goodness, and Jesus as the way-shower of the highest ideal, rather than a mistake fixer for God, or God himself. This book deserves applause for all that.
Wolfpack (Book Review)
This is a strong, little book for women about taking back their power. I agree with what she says.
Gertrude Bell Biography (5 Star Book Review)
This biography of an amazing woman is a must read. My book group and I give is a vigorous 5 stars. Read it!
Linchpin (Book Review)
This book is about you living up to your potential and becoming indispensable for exactly your own unique gifts. Who doesn’t want that?
Of Mess and Moxie (Book Review)
This book is by turns hilarious and heartwarming. I both laughed out loud and teared up. It is all over the lot and swings from grocery store shopping and potty training to forgiveness and sanctuary.
The Gentle Art of Blessing (Book Review)
I loved this book and want to encourage everyone to read it. It presents a simple but ultra powerful practice that can make all the difference in your life. It can jumpstart your spiritual progress. I give it 5 stars.