My Yearly Reading Entreaty
Happy New Year, friends! I am coming back from almost three weeks off where I did nothing notable. I didn’t write this newsletter, I didn’t go on any epic adventures, [...]
Autumn Bookshelf
My enthusiasm for fall reading is high right now. Flames in the fireplace, early sunsets, endless hours and energy to make my way through a growing stack of books. Does [...]
Summer Bookshelf
Hello, friends! I’m reminded again this week of how June can really kick my butt. Even though I don’t have a graduating senior this year (two more years—please send all [...]
Favorite Books of 2022
Favorite Books of 2022 I finally realized something last year—I don’t sit still unless I am reading. And maybe that’s one of the primary functions it has served in my [...]
Hope isn’t Foolish, Especially Now
I just finished listening to Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams' The Book of Hope, and it was a very well-spent six hours. Abrams also wrote The Book of Joy with [...]
My latest newsletter: Resilience is still my word in 2022
One of my goals for 2022 was to keep in better contact with my community of clients and readers. I have tended to send newsletters very sporadically, though sometimes I'm [...]
Alert: Collective Involuntary Change Underway!
Last year I read Bruce Feiler's book Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at any Age. I have returned to some of its frameworks constantly, and it's helped me [...]
Favorite Reads of 2021
I read far less this year. 54 books instead of 100+. I winced a little in counting up the total, but then I had a talk with myself about what [...]
Favorite Reads of 2020
I read 91 books in 2020. For anyone that’s unhealthily keeping track like I am, that’s 29 LESS than I read in 2019. (You can read last year’s recommendations here [...]