The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

 The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

by Shauna Robinson

Author's website.

easy listen on audio

Fiction

Book store life and friendship

VALHALLA BOYS by Brennan Morton: A Review

 

I started this book and then sat it aside for a few weeks. 

I picked it back up and then blazed through the rest. Brennan Morton has so many stories I can shake my head with. 

I am sorry that he witnessed so many things in the horror of war. I laughed and read aloud his experience with Montezuma's Revenge... That warm yogurt can get you each time. 

Brennan may you be well, I will say the names of your battles, for all of my days. #saytheirnames

Casemate Publishers has a great list of books written by veterans and on military topics

friend

I have had a friend that I treasure dearly since around 1996.  I am grateful for our friendship. We live far away from one another but there is just something kindred about our friendship - how it was made, when it was made, and how we keep it.

She sent love and smiles today and not to mention a brownie from Zingerman's.

 

iykyk

 

I am always amazed at the creativity that you can find in the dining facility around the world.

#prayers

good enough

 

sMASH

 

Smash the potato chips on your sandwich for extra crunch. 

simple pleasure

My dear friend said,  "you should have just had a Snickers Bar it was probably better for you".  I know but I like Apple Jacks once in awhile and I like the Orange milk it makes.. which we all know most of these cereals are banned in other countries due to the chemicals. The strawberries were good too but also part of the dirty dozen for pesticides. I guess if it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger or possibly weaker. 

If I Don't Laugh I'll Cry

This one has quickly become one of my top books of the year.  There is so much goodness in this book.  How she describes the day her mom died is so close to the feelings I experienced, I found myself shaking my head through tears.

 If I Don't Laugh I'll Cry  By Molly Stillman

Molly is the daughter of  Vietnam Veteran Nurse  Lynda Van Devanter Buckley served as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War and wrote the bestselling memoir, Home Before Morning.  She was a dynamic force and moved legislation and issues forward in DC and the VA.

Blog Still Being Molly

Podcast Podcast with Molly

Wintering

Transformation of Wintering.

This was published in 2020 and had not picked it up. Listening to it on audio was just perfect. 

“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being

“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert  

"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving yourself time to repair in the dark...May is a clear-eyed observer and her language is steady, honest and accurate—capturing the sense, the beauty and the latent power of our resting landscapes." —Wall Street Journal

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, this is an intimate, revelatory exploration of the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down.