The Faith Club, by SUZANNE OLIVER AND PRISCILLA WARNER

the faith clubI have a long history with this book. I first picked it up from the library half a year ago and was not able to go through it, so I returned it promptly after three weeks. A month ago someone mentioned the book to me at a party. A week after that, the minister in my church mentioned the book in a sermon. A day after that I found out that there is a book discussion about the book also and that was when I picked it up again from the library. And I found in it, waiting, a preschool card of my daughter’s which I hadn’t even realized I had lost. I was probably using it as a bookmark. So, you know, some faith was involved in the story of me and this book.

The dream: working from home

I am living the dream. I get to stay at home, work and take care of my family at the same time, which is important to me. Being a solitary, introvert type, this arrangement suits me very well. It also…

Jesus, Interrupted, by Bart D. Ehrman

jesusA controversial book. What other fate could it have had, when it wants to reveal a conspiracy of keeping hidden contradictions in the New Testament and the fact that is was not written by the apostles, or by people who ever met or lived in the same time as Jesus, or who even spoke his language?

Leather Sewing

This is the most exciting project I have done lately. I was saving these leather pieces from an old jacket in the hopes that some day I would make myself the perfect tote bag, which I know I will never…

From the shadows

There will be many more pictures from this magical place that I will share on the blog. Coming back to the blog feels a bit awkward. It’s been a long time since I have felt inspired to write here. I…

BEAUTIFUL NECESSITY BY KAY TURNER

Beautiful Necessity, The Art and Meaning of Women’s Altars – the title of this book sounds very intriguing, right?  I had to read it. And it started good. It seemed very interesting with a few initial references to altars in…

THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA BY MICHAEL POLLAN

What should you eat, when you can eat everything? This is the omnivore’s dilemma. And this book makes it more fascinating and controversial than ever. As it has been raining in this part of the world for what seems like…

THE CAPSULE OF THE MIND BY THEODORA WARD

The first biography of Emily Dickinson that I read, was the one by Cynthia Griffin Wolff, which I didn’t review here, but mentioned on the blog, and which is a very large and very erudite work. Going through the Amazon…

PORTRAIT OF A SEDUCTRESS BY JEAN CHALON

Reading Liane de Pougy’s journals, I was intrigued by one of the characters that appeared throughout her life story as possibly the biggest love of her life: Natalie Clifford Barney. Liane mentions her in the notebooks as eternally beautiful and…