September 1, 2020
Gleanings
- Throughout my youth, my community remained a mystery to me. As an adult, I’ve been trying to decode its realities through writing fiction
- Without his hold to drape around my shoulders, to shore me up, I sank into hot, wordless grief.
- While “cynical spreaders” are in the minority,their reaction to public-health advice and rules is far from original.
- There’s nothing quite as satisfying as opening my notebook to a clean, blank page and, with little thought, letting the words pour out – no editing, no spell-check, just spontaneous expression.
- I swear it was my lemon pudding that induced a marriage proposal by my now-husband.
- Music is magnificent. What it stirs in us, the people and places it connects us to, it’s ability to lift us up, inspire us, teach us and transport us to another space and time.
- It’s very likely your prologue, beautifully written though it might be, is unnecessary.
- As I swam at 9 a.m., I realized that all summer the cedars have been my guides
- Is there anything more fun, as a reader, than recognizing as you read how much fun the author was having?
- But this summer in particular, as plant-based diets are on evermore agendas, I’ve seen so many creative uses of corn…
- I think that even defiantly placing a vase of flowers in the room in which you work at this time is not nothing.
- We’re weathering the same storm, but our boats are very different.
- In bookish terms, our “new normal” is a hybrid of online and offline opportunities to continue to boost and share our collective love of reading … something that has helped, in no small part, to navigate the many “new normals” with which we’re all contending.
- Late summer is the best time for baked fruit desserts like cobblers and crisps, but one of my favourites is the lesser-known pandowdy
- It’s funny how a book reveals itself to you when you least expect it, when you’re searching for a particular kind of read and something else, something nearly the exact opposite of what you think you want ends up being perfect.
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I’m often late to the Gleanings party, but when I get here there is so much interesting conversation. Everything a good party should be. Thank you again for including me and for the lovely range of gleanings for me to discover.
I haven’t yet read all the gleanings though I see more I wish to get to. I just read that essay by Jesmyn Ward. Her talent with words digs deep and oh how I hope many people read her story.
Isn’t it just stunning? Perhaps one of the best things I have ever read. And such harrowing pieces are always praised for their rawness—but there is nothing raw about it. It is so polished, it SHINES.