Love Notes

I am a book nerd.  I aspire to be even more of a one.  My reading goes in phases, and I am getting back into a good one.   Books do so many things - they make us put down our phones, transport us to nooks and crannies all over the globe, allow us to time travel, spark conversations with people whose opinions we value, help us question what we assumed we already knew, allow us to bear witness to the the struggles, decisions and triumphs of others.  Reading sparks curiosity.  Books make us grow.   READ MORE

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A lot of us are waking up into a deep freeze this morning, perhaps gazing softly out over a blanket of newly fallen snow.  Winter is my least favorite season, yet with the first big snowfall, I find myself back in my 7 year old self, delighting in the wonder of this overnight miracle.   Everything stands still for a moment (or at least in Virginia, it does).   And that is what I love so very much about January.  The pause.  READ MORE

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I just finished reading "The Midnight Library", and I cannot stop thinking about this brilliant work of fiction by Matt Haig.   Down and out, and deeply depressed, our protagonist Nora has the chance to magically remake a major life decision, and then to step into the life which would have ensued from her revised choice.  READ MORE

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