Read your Way to Better Relationships
When my kids were younger and more inclined to listen to me, I’d try to impart to them some impressive pearls of wisdom. “Hey kids,” I would say, “sports offers a metaphor for practically everything.” And, “Never try to compete in someone else’s arena.” For this month’s article, I am Ndamukong Suh at a Lansing Country Club cotillion. If you...
Continue ReadingReading to Help your Resolutions
Well, welcome to 2012! Welcome to what mystical Mayans and wise men have prophesized might just be our last year of existence. Seeing as how we have already frittered away the first few days of this red-letter year (and how we might be getting cheated back-end out of another 10 days), let’s hit this list running (or jogging, walking, lopping or dragging)! As...
Continue ReadingRing in the Holidays with These Satisfying Reads
Bah humbug! What, too soon? Sorry. With the holidays just a good stone’s throw away, I guess that I was just getting into the spirit-of-the-season. Okay, maybe the whole “humbug” thing was a bit much, but the “bah” was sincere. You see, I love the holiday season, (at least the being-with-family and the goodwill-to-all people and the soy-nog stuff),...
Continue ReadingBooks to Keep You Cookin’ and Cool This Summer
Ah, summertime and the living is … um, warm. As a kid I always looked forward to summer because summer meant vacation from school. Summer meant sleeping-in, playing with friends, consuming slushies and trying to figure out why my parents lacked my passion for summer and the freedoms and opportunities that summer offered. Curmudgeons! Now that I am a card-carrying...
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Reader’s Lounge: Give the Gift of Adventure in the Form of a Book
I love to give books as presents at Christmas time. What other present can enrich, enlighten and entertain? I have spent many a Christmas Eve inscribing the end pages of my gift selections with descriptions of my thoughts and feelings as I chose each title — a habit I inherited from my mother and that I hope will be continued by my children. Here are a...
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Stories to Lose Yourself In
When it is cold and snowy outside, nothing is more fun than curling up under my favorite blanket with a good book — a book that takes me to different times and places and introduces me to characters which leave me thinking long after the book is finished. Two books that I have recently read, one by myself, the other with my daughters, are perfect titles...
Continue ReadingBooks for Any Wish List
As the holidays approach, I begin to look for the right titles to give to the special people in my life. Books make wonderful presents. In these difficult economic times, I like to give my loved ones something with real value, and what has more value than a book? Books can entertain, inform and delight. If I choose particularly well, books are gifts that will...
Continue ReadingPicture Books to Bring the Family Together
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Soon your house will be filled with family, friends and, most likely, kids of all ages. One of the best ways to spend time with your favorite little ones is to read a good book together, so I have created a short list of some of the newer picture books that moms, grandmothers and aunts may want to add to their library...
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