When I was growing up my maternal grandmother, mother, sister and I had a running discourse that went like this, one of us would ask another one, “How does it feel to be beautiful?” The person on the receiving end of the question would answer, “You oughtta know!” I always loved the message that it […]
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It’s hard to believe that it was only a little over a year ago that I submitted my first book review for consideration for Exhale Literary Magazine‘s Spring 2011 issue and soon after volunteered to fill the open PR/Social Media position on their staff. From there I also became a contributing editor doing quarterly book reviews for […]
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Exhale Magazine‘s Spring 2012 Issue is here! This issue’s theme focuses on “Continuity and Expansion.” I wrote a book review about Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward and a poem (previously published here on my blog) called Breathing that is among those featured in this current issue. For those of you not familiar with Exhale, it is an online literary magazine for those “living and breathing through […]
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I’ll admit it, the main reason I signed up to read and review Why Women Need Fat by Dr. William D. Lassek and Dr. Steven J.C. Gaulin, my fifth BlogHer Book Club selection, was because of a line in a summary about it which said something about “why those last five pounds seem impossible to […]
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The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow is my fourth BlogHer Book Club read and a truly extraordinary book. To say that I loved it, is an understatement. Reading The Magic Room reminded me of watching two of my favorite documentary style television shows: 60 Minutes and Real Sports. I love the way the correspondents and producers on those […]
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Exhale Magazine‘s Fall/Winter 2011 Issue is here! This issue’s theme focuses on “Dreams.” I wrote a book review about Michael C. Barr’s Swimming in Circles and an essay (adapted from one of my previous blog entries) called Amazing Things Will Happen! that is among those featured in this current issue. For those of you not […]
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