Health Problems are a Write-Off

Health Problems are a Write-Off After spending the first warm day in weeks at the park with my camera, I was surprised to find my back and knees aching by the time I got home. That annoyed me, because I didn’t think I was doing anything particularly strenuous, so yesterday when I went to the … Continue reading Health Problems are a Write-Off →

Sitting–the new smoking?

A recent article in the newspaper announced that, according to researchers, sitting is the new smoking? Huh? The sub-title explains: “Sedentary behavior raises health risks.” And don’t I know it! (Although I do think the health risks from smoking far outweigh those from sitting.) I am writing this while standing, and hope that my knees … Continue reading Sitting–the new smoking? →

Review of Pride and Prejudice

Book Review of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen © 1813 I read this book under such lovely circumstances: a week holiday to Grande Prairie at my sister-in-law’s invitation, with plenty of time to myself, especially on the 11+ hour bus rides. I am still on the bus going back. The bus lost all but … Continue reading Review of Pride and Prejudice →

Another Georgette Heyer book for Valentine’s Day

Review of The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer, originally published in 1934 Again, I decided to celebrate February, Valentine’s Day, by reading another Georgette Heyer book. This was a fun book, and I read it quickly. Knowing her oldest sister loves Captain Heron, a military man with little money, 17-year-old Horatia, a confident, direct young … Continue reading Another Georgette Heyer book for Valentine’s Day →

Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson

This is not your standard book review. It's more like a reaction... Review of Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, by Marilynne Robinson ©2004 I’d heard of this book somewhere, then my mom said that she heard it mentioned on a radio show discussing excellent Christian literary fiction. Then the clincher was that two women … Continue reading Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson →

Beauty

The Illimitable Beauty of the World Every sort of beauty has been lavished on our allotted home; Beauties to enrapture every sense, Beauties to satisfy every taste; Forms the noblest and the loveliest, Colors the most gorgeous and the most delicate, Odours the sweetest and subtlest, Harmonies the most soothing and the most stirring; The … Continue reading Beauty →