Category: Story
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Book Fact: Her Wrist Was so Tired
Tolstoy’s handwriting was notoriously difficult to read, making his manuscript a tangled mess of drafts. Sofia Tolstaya undertook the laborious task of rewriting the manuscript by hand, turning his chaotic scribbles into a readable text.. She completed the full, seven-time-hand-copied manuscript before Tolstoy considered it ready for publication. This demanding work often took place late…
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Book Fact : Gross I‘d Still Read That
Book Fact #11 Harvard University Library has four books bound in human skin. I would wear gloves and try not to think about it.
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Sh*t Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby Review
The Greek goddess Cassandra has the gift of prophesy but no one believed her visions of the future, only because she refused to have sex with him. The stories in this collection focus on women supposedly from Cassandra’s perspective – those from history and those from today’s time and age full of feminism and the…
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Write Consistently
What could you do differently? I saw a quote that really slapped me in the face, “Will your descendants ever read your Facebook timeline?” ~ Sharon Jones No. My future family will not. What kind of written legacy am I leaving for them? That reminds me, I have a book to finish. Light & Love,…
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Go Octopi!
If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be? I would start a soccer (football) team. Colors would be teal and orange. Our mascot would be an octopus. I can see it now! Can you see it? Light & Love, Lori
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Home
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. My first thought is home is in Florida. I’ve been to England, so for distance that’s the furthest. I was six. My grandfather kept telling me, “When you get to London you will have tea with the Queen.” I believed him. The first time…
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Unexpected Adventure
Are you seeking security or adventure? How ironic! This is my first post in a series about books and reading. The first book I planned to talk about is The Hobbit! A hobbit is a perfect example of the struggle between security and adventure. My favorite thing about the story of Bilbo Baggins is that…
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Green Gravy
What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten? How can I choose just one delicious thing? I’ve eaten at five stars and sat at dirty picnic tables at the beach each with equally delicious things in front of me. My husband, daughter, mother, and countless other family and friends have over the years offered me…
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Endings are Beginnings
We have reached the end of a story. It’s the end of one tale and the start of the next. It’s easy to be happy about beginnings. Endings can go either way. They can be happy or sad. It depends on your story. Your story has starts, stops and transitions. It will end for good…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 