Take Action Tuesday: Minds Wide Open

I have a fear for our future. (Okay, I have a lot of fears for our nation, but this is the one looming biggest in my mind.) I fear that we have forgotten the beautiful art of debate. There is no debate anymore. There is a shouting, ever louder, of our own opinion and position. …

My Day, Monday: To Inspiration and Libraries

I can't even pin down the real timeframe; she was just kind of there. And magical. And amazing. And inspiring. I am speaking, of course, of a librarian. I know I've mentioned my son a few times already here. He's my partner in book-loving crime. My girls like to read as well, but he, like …

Friday Flicks: Books to Movies

I've seen my fair share of book to movie adaptations. They fall in a few different categories: There are the books that I've loved and I seek out the movie version as an extension of my adoration for the book There are the books that I've loved and I watch the movie, cringing and sure …

I Believe Wednesday: Kindness

2016 was kind of a kick in the head, I have to say. Not all of it. There were some truly wonderful parts. But there was also a fair amount of angst, unwelcome drama, sickness and some deaths that I still can't wrap my brain around. (And not just the celebrity kind.) To be honest, …

The Power of Words to Bring Back the Light

The past few weeks have been full of such emotionally charged moments that it sometimes feels hard to breathe. Orlando. The sheer mention is a punch to the gut. I am at once full of rage and the need to scream and rail at the sky, but also to weep and hug my friends and …

Have Books Will Travel

I can think of few pleasures as wonderful as a good book. I love to open the cover of a new book, slowly turning the pages, taking a deep breath as I absorb those first words. And then I'm off, racing word by word, paragraph by paragraph. I consume it, wishing the end would never …