How I Read I love to hold a book. I love the weight of a book and the texture of the pages as I turn them. Depending on where and how it’s been stored, a book can have a unique smell. A comfortable chair, a good reading light, a lovely cup of tea, and a […] (Read more)
What I Read “Have you read…?” is a question I ask often. If the answer is “No,” I say something I liked about the book. “It’s a beautiful story. I thought how much you would enjoy it.” I don’t mind being asked “Have you read…?” when the question is asked out of curiosity. What I […] (Read more)
Why I Read Mark Twain observed that “the [one] who does not read has no advantage over the [one] who cannot read. Reading is important. For writers, reading is essential. “If you don’t have time to read,” says Stephen King, “you don’t have the time—or the tools—to write.” In a recent blog post, writer Delia Latham […] (Read more)
My grandmother gave me a copy of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Little Lord Fauntleroy.It was a sunny May afternoon in Sacramento several days before my tenth birthday. Gramma could never wait for the actual day. If she had a gift to give, she had to give it. We were on the front porch of her house […] (Read more)
The Summer Solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere this year on Thursday, June 20, at 10:04 p.m. (PDT) when the sun reaches the Tropic of Cancer, its farthest point north of the Equator. Great controversy surrounds the Summer Solstice. How can it mark the first day of summer? It is technically mid-summer, midway through the […] (Read more)
A friend, who I refer to as “the muse of my online life,” blogged about a personality test she recently discovered. By answering only six questions, it is possible to learn which book represents your personality. My attempt at the test identified me as Siddhartha. The precision of the personality description is uncanny… except for […] (Read more)