Category: Book Reviews and Other Authors

Even authors do not live their lives in a vacuum. We interact and depend on other authors for support and encouragement. Do book reviews, author interviews and share their content when you can.

May 17, 2024

Sacred Nature

Todays blog is four quotes from Karen Armstrong, Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World, Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. Hopefully, something…
May 10, 2024

Resistance must become our vocation

“The theologian Paul Tillich did not use the word “sin” to mean an act of immorality. He, like Kierkegaard, defined sin as estrangement. For…
ANTI-WAR THEME
May 3, 2024

ANTI-WAR THEME

Today’s blog is from material I’ve been working on: Returning to our anti-war theme, the following is written by someone I’ve actually known for…
More Hannah Arendt
April 5, 2024

More Hannah Arendt

Todays blog is simply a collection of quotes on Thinking: There are no dangerous thoughts. Thinking itself is dangerous, Arendt teaches famously; but thinking…
WE ARE FREE
March 29, 2024

WE ARE FREE

It’s a while since I’ve raved over a book I’m reading. Well here goes: It’s Lyndsey Stonebridge, We are Free to Change the World:…
December 8, 2023

“Bring me the sunset in a cup”-Emily Dickinson

Today’s blog has a few words about poetry and some comments on a book: Poetry can give us new thoughts or put ordinary things…
November 17, 2023

Remembrance

Todays blog is two parts – a fairly short poem and my notes for a sort of book report 1. Remembrance She was of…
A Look At War
November 3, 2023

A Look At War

Today’s Blog is simply a short quote from a book about war I’m rereading – with some background. Background first: Some years ago I…