I had such high reading hopes for March! I thought I would easily read 6 books this month. However, even though I had vacation days this month, I only managed to read 3 1/2 books. I’m still working on How to Read a Book, an impromptu addition. So far, the book has been fantastic, and…
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*Spoiler Alert* As I stare out the window on this bleak, snowy morning, I contemplate Toni Morrison’s book, Recitatif, and my prejudices. As humans, we like to think we are perfect and have no bias, but we do! What are yours? Recitatif, the only short story by Morrison, was written in 1980 and was first published…
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Out of this history she made a literature, a shelf of books that-for as long as they are read-will serve to remind America that its story about itself was always partial and self-deceiving. And here, for many people, we reach an impasse: a dead end. If race is a construct, whither blackness? If whiteness is…
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It is a perfect cloudy evening to snuggle up and read with a cup of hot cocoa. I’m 100 pages or so into how to read a book, and I’m learning a ton. So check out my musing of the day for an interesting quote. My next read will be a novel from one of my favorite…
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Teachability is often confused with subservience. A person is wrongly thought to be teachable if he is passive and pliable. On the contrary, teachability is an extremely active virtue. No one is really teachable who does not freely exercise his power of independent judgement. He can be trained, perhaps, but not taught. The most teachable…
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. – Maya Angelou –
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There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding. One of the reasons for this situation is that the very media we have mentioned are designed as to make thinking seem unnecessary (though this only an appearance)… – HOW TO READ A BOOK – –
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We all long for loving community. It enhances life’s joy. But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a mean of escape. –…
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One of my favorite pastimes, when I was younger, was browsing the bookshelves in the library. I remember the first time my mom took me there to get my library card, and I was in awe, a place with a countless number of books at my fingertips. My eagerness for the anticipated new reads was…
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Today is International Women’s Day, a day we celebrate women globally. So, I thought it would be a great day to highlight black women authors (Morrison, Makumbi, hooks) who I love and plan to continue to read. Of course, Toni Morrison, I cannot say enough great things about her. Even though she died a few…
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