When I was a kid, I had a set of Reader’s Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers. I liked the look of the set on my bookshelf and enjoyed making sure they were in numbered order, but I don’t think I ever read more than one story out of them (“Madame Curie,” I believe) during my entire childhood. I finally got rid of these books because they always bothered me. I knew they contained…
Dear gosh and dear golly! I’ve changed my blog theme (appearance) again! The last one wasn’t up long, only since the end of April 2018, but I wasn’t in love with it. I was really in love with my last theme (the one with the pink & green leaves at the top and the black background), but it was no longer being updated, so I was forced to find something new. I searched high and…
My year of rereading is falling apart somewhat. I started reading Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” after hearing it mentioned a couple of times within a week. It’s a book my eldest son recommended to me a while ago, but given what is happening in our country currently, it felt like now was the time to read it. It’s an excellent book that explains how Frankl, the survivor of 4 concentration camps during the…