People generally feel a need to belong to a group, to experience friendship. Who doesn’t like a warm welcome when we visit in a home? And, the more we visit, the more at ease we feel and the more we look forward to our next visit. It seems to me that’s why so many of […]
May 17, 2017
That Warm and Welcome Feeling of Friendship
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Feb 18, 2017
Books, Books, Books
I can’t imagine a house without books, and books, and more books. Did I mention that I decorate with books?
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Nov 20, 2016
Who Are You, Really?
By Blanche Manos · 4 Comments
Does writing tend to call out the real person hiding inside some of us? Are you a closet writer? Who are you, really? The birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson was just a few days ago. His family wanted him to be a lighthouse keeper. He had other ideas and pursued those dreams. I’m very glad […]
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Apr 16, 2013
Books, Books Everywhere; My Shelves All Seem to Shrink
With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Instead of “water, water everywhere” I have books, books everywhere and truly not enough shelf room for them all. The dictionary defines bibliophile as someone who admires or collects books. I guess that would be me because I do both. And, as if […]