It’s great fun to be back on the BRRC Pages of My Life blog today. I thought I’d share about how blessed I’ve been by organizing a book club. Often times people think it’s very time consumi [ Read More ]
Finding Hope in the Small Things Have you ever noticed that the biggest moments in life often begin with something very small? A kind word from a stranger. A handwritten note tucked into a mailbox. [ Read More ]
The Great Book Purge Let me be clear from the start—this blog post isn’t about someone saying which books you should or shouldn’t read. It’s a short story about downsizing books and reckoni [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – by Renee Leonard Kennedy
It was the summer brokenness caught up with my family, that year 2022. I’d rented a beach house on the water, an outrageous move coming off a grand-finale of losses, culminating in a separation a [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Jennifer Haynie
Animals have been a part of my life ever since I can remember. We had a short-haired Dachshund named Ute when I was little. Not the nicest dog from what I remember. Then we had Spice, a long-haired [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Sara Davison
On Story Collections and Playing With Other Genres I’ve always wanted to write books, and night after night spent reading The Bobbsey Twins with a flashlight under the covers nudged me in the dir [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Eva Marie Everson
The worst thing about being sick, for me (besides the actual being sick) is that I have to stop. Stop what I’m doing (usually working) and just lie there and look around at the place I call & [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Vera Bell
Like so many readers, I’m drawn to books that challenge and linger. Stories that ask hard questions and don’t rush to answer them. Narratives that refuse to look away from the brokenness hardwi [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Jennifer Wake
by Jennifer Wake As a Chemistry teacher, a Financial Counselor, author, speaker, and quilter, I am considered an enigma. My interests are wide-ranging, and my reading habits reflect that same diver [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Amy Walsh
Books, Earbuds, and the Kitchen Sink One of my biggest blessings is also a problem. I’m talking about reading. It’s not “oh, I enjoy a good book now and then” reading. It’s the kind w [ Read More ]