Hi subscribers! Welcome again to Wednesday Words. Today’s focus is on the purpose of a book’s preface. What’s it there for, why bother reading it? But first… Speaking of books, did you know September 22 – 28, 2024, is Banned Books Week, which was established as long ago as 1982? … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers, and welcome again to Wednesday Words. This time we consider the values offered in an old poem—with a murky origin story described below—famously called “Desiderata.” The poem is one you may have heard or read that urges us to basically keep calm, carry on, and be a good … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Welcome to my newest inspiration: Wednesday Words. Actually, I hope they’ll be words you find helpful, encouraging, even life-changing on any day of the week. The quotes, poems, and other pieces of inspiring work have touched me, helped me, continue to work their magic on me. I hope … [Read more…]
Hi readers! I’m thrilled to celebrate my faithful friend and author, Rene Townsend, and share some of her work today. It’s from her marvelous, endearing book, Mini Horses, Mighty Hearts: Rootbeer & Edward, that shows two therapy horses interacting with each other and with human beings, too. You might remember … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. As promised, the following links take you to the 40 posts in the “Caring for Mother Earth” series I published by my friend, author and naturalist, Peggy Sias Lantz. Note: Peggy first published these in her church’s newsletter. Index to “Caring for Mother Nature” blog posts by Peggy … [Read more…]