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To the authors I follow: I like the way you write. a Chesterfield letter…

The first quote is gold, but the romance advice in the other passages from this 1751 novel still rings true.

Happy Independence Day! Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Leutze (1851) Public Domain Courtesy: The Met, NYC

Chase those crazy dreams!

Can confirm… Some Henry James books are difficult to plow through —the sentence structure and word choices demand exhausting attention. But the payoff is worth it. Portrait of a Lady is different. Easier to read and just as meaningful. I highly recommend it.

A sweet poem in Thelma by Marie Corelli (1887) Loving for love’s sake; and the folly of being seduced by beauty, youth, and wealth (not that there’s anything wrong with those things, haha).

Got a new book I plan to read this weekend - I hope it’s good! For me, the best novels don’t merely tell an entertaining story, they… (See attached excerpts) Offer subtle life-advice, Reinforce truths you already know, Make you think about God, and Remind you that you’re not the

The Tin Man defends his wish for a heart.

Learned this late: being an active listener is an easy, yet highly complimentary, way to show respect. from Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900)

I highly recommend Mrs. Craddock by W. Somerset Maugham (1902) So many memorable passages! Some are hilarious…

A little self-affirmation for a Wednesday…

George Thorogood and the Destroyers last night. Pure joy!

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (1722) (Yeah, the Robinson Crusoe author…) I’m currently reading another book that asserts that Moll Flanders is a foundational (defining) novel. Even though published in the early eighteenth century, it’s pretty spicy stuff. Very entertaining!

About to begin Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1747-1748) ~1,500 pages with tiny print See you all next year…

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1747-1748) Lotsa pages in this one. I asked Grok… Just started Clarissa and it’s super good. Bad boy romances nice girl. She doesn’t particularly like him, but her parents, siblings, and uncles are so opposed to the match that they treat her as

Lost and Found Volume Two by Vita Luna Vita Luna Books 📚 Lost and Found 📚 Still reading it but already liking it. First paragraph of first story hooked me: ~had a dream can’t remember it but I know it was very weird… Also, I’m worried my kids will write this on my tombstone: “Yet now he’s gone,

Lost and Found Volume Two by Vita Luna Vita Luna Books 📚 Lost and Found 📚 I’m glad I bought this collection of short stories for several reasons: Of course, there’s the good stories. I liked “Life an Ashtray,” which kept a log of one’s daily smokes. “Dangerous Chemistry” was perfect from beginning to

To those of you with green thumbs, this will be thoroughly unremarkable. But for me, never have I ever grown anything edible… until now!