Curling Up with Cookbooks

There’s almost nothing better than curling up with a good book. I read anything and everything. Most often, though, I … More

A quote from Julia Alvarez

“Reading and thoughtfulness and openness are the best way, I should think, to begin to address the richness that is … More

This is fiction, fiction, I tell you, a love story. Another adventure for Kristin and Adam (from “Political Animals”). Kristin … More

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”–Francois M.A. Voltaire

A friend story, a love story, and it’s fiction. Kristin sprawls out on her bed, reading Emma, the small metal … More

Summer is the season of heat and big plans. Summers in childhood meant afternoons reading on the porch, sleeping late, … More

The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them. —Jeff Jarvis As soon as I could read, … More

There’s a pile by the bed and it’s looming. There are dreams and travels and food and faith and lives … More

I love the idea that someone can reinvent herself. Sometimes this comes with age, economic circumstance, divorce, boredom, or inspiration. … More

At a certain point, we all have moods of nostalgia. Sometimes it’s due to reaching a certain birthday, a class … More