Jan 19, 2013 | reading & recs
The joy of reading a passage like this: Maureen felt afresh the shame of not getting it. She longed to show him all her colors, and here she was, a suburban shade of gray. from the remarkable The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce...
Jan 8, 2013 | reading & recs
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce He had learned that it was the smallness of people that filled him with wonder and tenderness, and the loneliness of that too. The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other; and a life...
Sep 19, 2012 | reading & recs
I began listening to this audiobook just yesterday during my morning commute. While it is way too early for such pronouncements, Rules of Civility is a story so beautifully told—so elegant, so effortless—it may well be The Novel, perfected. I want to be there in New...
Aug 5, 2012 | reading & recs
You remember how much I hate to pack, right? It has been more than 10 years since I’ve taken a beach vacation*, and this time it was easy. A couple of bathing suits, a cover-up, a long strapless beach dress, a few pairs of shorts. And this: It is going to be a...
Jul 28, 2012 | reading & recs
a little roundup of things that inspired me this week The Age of Miracles There is so much we take for granted in our lives, minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day. Perhaps the most significant is that no matter how heavy a burden we carry, tomorrow the sun will...
