Dreaming of Giving More Books Away:
“O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.” Written by poet Gerard Manley Hopkins early 1800’s DREAMING TO GIVE AWAY MORE BOOKS THROUGH SUSAN’S I was just able to sit and watch the […]
Read More →“O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.” Written by poet Gerard Manley Hopkins early 1800’s DREAMING TO GIVE AWAY MORE BOOKS THROUGH SUSAN’S I was just able to sit and watch the […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note September 5, 2019 Love for reading – the seasons of a woman’s entire life as she read in the evenings – observed by the lamp in her room. Good morning. Silence […]
Read More →January 24, 2019 Susan’s Newsletter – Work by Louisa May Alcott Dissatisfaction, dreams, hard life, and developing character through life. Work by Louisa May Alcott Good morning. Fingers numb from cold holding coffee mug and […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note October 9, 2014 Quotes & Poetry on Books & Reading Good morning! Coffee. Spiderman leaving time after time down the hall with lunchbox. Lazy cats. Messy corners. Stacks of books waiting […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note November 21, 2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes and Essay on Choosing Great Books Good morning! Howling winds. Great filler with a little coffee added. Silence. Time to write out for you […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note August 28, 2011 The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer “A Book” poem by Edgar Guest (I LOVE this one!) Good morning!!! What a perfect morning! 60 degrees, windows open, cats […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note January 20, 2011 The Master Violin by Myrtle Reed Good morning!!! I thought we were buried last week, but here we go again!! Just remember – all warm drinks taste […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note December 2, 2010 Learning to Read poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (civil rights leader 1854) Good morning! With the stillness of this morning it’s easy to repress the memory […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note December 10, 2009 Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies Stu’s first words in the dark this morning, “It’s going to be a brutal morning.” How was I to know […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note April 2, 2009 Book Quotes Book Notes: A Reader’s Journal by Julia Hecomovich Finding beauty in life even in horrible circumstances. An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork by Etty […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note January 15, 2009 Simplicity & Love for Books Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach Good morning out there! Who wants to get passports today to leave next week for Crete? My family […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note December 11, 2008 Beauty of living. Choices. The soul. Falling in love with literature. Pursuing LIFE rather than enduring life. Just Life, Part Two by Melanie Wilkinson Stoner by John Williams Tess […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note May 29, 2008 Booknotes Journal 2004 section on “Biliophilia and Biliomania” Good morning! I think I should write on the blues of no sunshine for weeks and rain rain everywhere, but […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note May 8, 2008 A Book Lover’s Companion published by The Folio Society in London Importance on the written word. Good morning! The last week has been spent going through different book […]
Read More →May 1, 2008 Newsletter Quotes from Book Notes Journal published by London’s The Folio Society, 2004. Happy Spring! I am typing with dried morel mushrooms in glass jars beside me. They are so ugly they […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note February 28, 2008 Susan’s Writing on “How I choose what to read” and “How I find time to read” The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett – moving from intense grief into […]
Read More →Susan’s Thursday morning note January 5, 2008 The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel Good morning out there! (I’ll type that out of habit, hoping that those of you affected by the storms don’t throw […]
Read More →Susan’s Thurday morning note June 7, 2007 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Developing a love for the classics. Good morning! My sliding door is open & the weather is absolutely crisp – perfect for my […]
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