84 Charing Cross Road

This was a great audiobook - It was recommended from a podcast. I was able to get it from Libby very quickly.

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I want to like it...

 Just starting Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD

I really want to like this book, I have heard many accolades and recommendations.  It was released in 2009 and made a resurgence lately.

Human beings are connected to one another and to our ancestors.

Intuition...

Feminine...

Mothers to Daughters

A wise old woman, I miss my wise mom that carried knowledge I missed to carry.

Really Very Crunchy

 I am not sure how I just discovered Really Very Crunchy but Emily Morrow is pretty amazing.

I loved everything she shares in the book and she prompted me on a few things about toxin that I needed to be reminded about. I love her five ingredients rule - if you are on a budget do not buy things with more than 5 items. It just makes sense. Also, appreciate her calling BS on all the companies claiming to be natural but it is whitewashing items.

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If you only knew

 Current listening  If You Only Knew by Jamie Ivey

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Memoir listening is almost as good as memoir reading. We all have a story to tell and a journey to walk.

Thankfully, we can find forgiveness and grace. We share more things in common than we do differences.

MY favorite book of the year, so far

 

Going to Maine by Sally Chaffin Brooks

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I enjoyed it immensely and makes me want to retire and walk and also be a trail angel.

New Favorite - The Book of Longings

 I am absolutely in love with this book.  Sue Monk Kidd- your words are mesmerizing.

Yes, this is Fiction.  Enjoy the words.

Do not over think it.

Peace. Shalom.

Deep Creek

I am absolutely loving Deep Creek by Pam Houston



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I want to be her neighbor and her friend.
Mend fences.
Replace bluebird bird houses.
Nurse beloved animals.
Watch the sunset.
And always have the passport at the ready.

She is inspiring and has me dreaming about possibilities.

Often I am mesmerized by the written word of others.
Once again another OIF vet finds my hidden voice.
I loved and recognized the language in this book and did not want it to end.



Matthew Gallagher OIF Veteran nails it.

Her - Memoir

On Wednesday as I was getting ready to leave Vermont - My friend Beth handed me the memoir Her. She thought I might like it! I had briefly read about it last summer but had not ordered it and then immediately recognized it.

I could not put it down. Can I say that one of my favorite books for 2013 was actually a book I read on the first day of 2014? It is a story about loss, spinning out of control, gaining control, happiness and sorrow.

One of the most interesting things Christa Parravani is now married to Desert Storm Marine Veteran Anthony Swofford... and most of you understand my deep connection to Jarhead

small world...
great authors...
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