Fruitful Detours
Here are a few of my recent favorites: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Let me begin by saying that I loved this book. There are parts of it that are hard to read because they are so much like real life. People can be mean and prejudiced and selfish. Good people […]
Everyone has bad days. A pain here, a late plane there. But today I’m taking my own advice and listing a few of the things that I’m grateful for. I’m grateful for: A good breakfast. Today it was oatmeal with blueberries. Public transportation. When I visit a new city, good trains and buses make it […]
There are lots of activities that I can’t quite imagine ever doing. One of those is riding a bull. Bulls have got to be one of the scariest animals around. Big. Mean. Pointy horns. And hardly any brains. I was in Denver recently, and I went to the National Western Stock Show to watch the […]
I have loved libraries since I was young. I enjoy browsing the aisles, picking up random books that look interesting. It’s an unhurried space, where it is ok to relax and take your time. A library is one of the few places where one can follow a topic, get sidetracked along the way, and discover […]
This is the season for New Year’s resolutions. It turns out that most people who make resolutions find that they have not followed through after only a few weeks. Every year, gym memberships increase in January, and get cancelled later on. A resolution becomes just a way to disappoint yourself, or to take on too […]