Susannah’s Fall & Winter Reading List, 2018-2019
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History Changed Me
When my friend David mentioned he drove to Galena, Illinois, it got me thinking of General U.S. Grant, who lived there for a time. Funny I should know that, but then again, not really. I never read much as a … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, men, Politics, readng, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alcoholics Anonymous, Battle of Gettysburg, Jon Meacham The Soul of America, Reading American History, The Killer Angels Michael Shaara, U.S .Grant
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The Shiksa Diaries
Shiksa is Yiddish for a non-Jewish woman, a phrase meant to be a tad insulting. Its roots stem from the Hebrew word, sheketz, meaning impure and the object of loathing. I, on the other hand, always take it as a … Continue reading
Too Hungry For Words
I’ve been on an Agatha Christie binge immersed in her classic, uncluttered prose. Simple language, yet working your imagination as if her hero, Hercule Poirot, and you, were one. She really ignites your wanderlust since, After Death on the Nile, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Beauty, Books, Cinema, Fashion, food, humor, readng, women, words, writing
Tagged a good appetite, Agatha Christie Myteries, All that is British, reading the classics, The English language
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Worst Story of the Week…September 27
I was accosted at Starbucks by a guy I know who reads my blog. Why, has always been a mystery since he seems to HATE everything I write. As I was putting in my customary 25 packets of sugar into … Continue reading
Posted in Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, New York City, Politics, readng, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged American presidents, athingirl.com, born again Christians, differences of opinion, Kavanaugh hearings, Leadership in Turbulent times Doris Kearns Goodwin, Megan McCain's eulogy for John McCain, President Donald Trump, Twitter
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How One Praise
Abraham Lincoln was known for his kindness toward others, how he pardoned so many men, even on the day he died, always looking for ways to explain a soldier’s misbehavior. Desertion, for example, he viewed as acute homesickness that just couldn’t … Continue reading
Susannah’s Fall, Winter Reading list…2018-2019
I always say, I rarely read fiction, but who am I kidding, after spending the whole summer reading almost nothing but. My friend Joanne is to blame, always cooing over a novel to literally lose yourself in, turning out she’s … Continue reading
Speaking the Same Language
I ran into Alice, a former neighbor, running with her daughter. First question we always have for one another is, so what are you reading? I start carrying on about a novel called Belgravia, written by Julien Fellowes who wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, friendship, grace, humor, kids, nature, New York City, parents, readng, words, writing
Tagged Battle of Waterloo, Downton Abbey Jullien Fellowes, great fiction, love of reading, speaking well, The English language
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A Quirky Writer
Someone I really respect said this of me, causing me to troll the net for every possible meaning. A quirky act in itself. Turns out it’s a pretty huge compliment I should have known since, David, who said it, is … Continue reading
A Word of Privacy
It pains me to admit, privacy may be a thing of the past, thanks to the good old tentacles of the internet. I can already envision an exhibit at the Smithsonian in thirty years, showing what it was like to … Continue reading
Posted in grace, History, humanity, internet, media, Politics, readng, violence, words, writing
Tagged Googling, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Th right to privacy, The right To Privacy Act
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