![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, he saw something in me that he wanted to encourage. If I didn’t give the correct answer, he’d have me transcribe the sentences from the article! He’d have me read the newspapers-both the Dayton Daily News and the Dayton Journal Herald back in the day-and then quiz me on the content of articles. At work, he’d make up bound journals for me from scrap paper, and bring them home for me to fill. He came from a humble background, the son of immigrant coal miners, and came to Dayton to work in the printing industry.Īnd yet, he knew how much I loved to read… and write in those journals. My dad, though well-intentioned, told me that a girl from Dayton couldn’t become a writer… those dreams were too big, from his point of view. I even have a notebook that's entirely filled with stories I've made up about people in waiting rooms at doctors' offices! I probably have hundreds of journals in my home. I fill other notebooks with story ideas, poems, essay ideas. I write every day in my journal, about what I'm grateful for, what I hope for, and thoughts about whatever I'm working on. I've been writing since I was a little girl. Learn more about Jo and her memoir at her website or on her Facebook author page,Ī. ![]() Though the holiday season has become her busiest time of year in her new career, she took some time to share insights into her memoir and her writing life. And Jo has been hard at work, connecting with readers at libraries, book club meetings and other events. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The content is designed to mark the legacy of the scholar, traveller, lesbian, businesswoman and landowner. Follow on Twitter and the Shibden Hall Facebook page for more details. This year is also a landmark year for Shibden Hall as it's reached its 600th birthday (that's also a lot of candles - Shibden Hall team, let us know what song you'd like played and we'll give you a shoutout.) The Museums Service will be releasing exciting new content and films on its social media on Saturday 3rd April. On April 3rd Ms Lister would have been 230 years old (that's a lot of candles) and the beautiful Shibden Hall, home to Lister during the 1800s are planning on celebrating in a way that will connect thousands of people across the globe to the story of Yorkshire's most remarkable women and her historic home. ![]() We love to celebrate a birthday here at Calder Valley Radio (seriously let us know when yours is on we'll play you a birthday song.) So imagine how excited we were to learn that local legend Anne Lister would be celebrating a very big birthday soon. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Anna hibiscus series order![]() ![]() ![]() Although not as wealthy as Tiger Lily's father, Anna's family offers the company and fun that the other little girl has been lacking. ![]() In Snow White, Anna hatches a chick, and gains a new pet - a very devoted but troublesome pet! Tiger Lily sees Anna's friend from Canada, in Africa to visit her father, come to call at the family compound. Anna Hibiscus is back in this delightful fifth chapter-book devoted to her adventures! Newly returned to her home in Africa, after her time spent with her maternal grandmother in Canada - an experience chronicled in the fourth installment of the series, Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus! - Anna is happy at the reunion with her family, but dismayed to discover, in the first story, Welcome Home, that both she and they have changed a bit. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Tales from the dying earth![]() Magic has loose links to the science of old, and advanced mathematics is treated like arcane lore. Creatures called sandestins can be summoned and used to perform more complex actions, but are considered dangerous to rely upon. ![]() When a spell is used, the syllables vanish from the caster's mind. Magic in the Dying Earth is performed by memorizing syllables, and the human brain can only accommodate a certain number at once. The Earth is mostly barren and cold, and has become infested with various predatory monsters (possibly created by a magician in a former age). The various civilizations of Earth have collapsed for the most part into decadence or religious fanaticism and its inhabitants overcome with a fatalistic outlook. The Moon has disappeared and the Sun is in danger of burning out at any time, often flickering as if about to go out, before shining again. The stories of the Dying Earth series are set in the distant future, at a point when the sun is almost exhausted and magic has asserted itself as a dominant force. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hand wrestles with seemingly less explicable questions as well: what the Bible and Shakespeare have in common, why financial crashes are par for the course, and why lightning does st. And together, they explain why we should not be so surprised to bump into a friend in a foreign country, or to come across the same unfamiliar word four times in one day. ![]() Together, these constitute Hand's groundbreaking Improbability Principle. All we need, Hand argues, is a firm grounding in a powerful set of laws: the laws of inevitability, of truly large numbers, of selection, of the probability lever, and of near enough. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. Hand 3.72 1,627 ratings184 reviews In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. No mystical or supernatural explanation is necessary to understand why someone is lucky enough to win the lottery twice, or is destined to be hit by lightning three times and still survive. The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day David J. His definition of "miracle" is thoroughly rational. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month.īut Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Business takes him to northern Scotland, where he falls in love with the lush, craggy landscape and set his sights on a house. He is without home and without roots all he has is his job. Sam Howard is trying to pull his life back together after his wife has left him for another. ![]() With Christmas approaching, Carrie agrees to look after her sister's awkward and quiet teenage daughter, Lucy, so that her mother might enjoy a romantic fling in America. They have a beautiful daughter, Francesca, and it is only because of their little girl that Oscar views his sacrificed career as worthwhile.Ĭarrie returns from Austria at the end of an ill-fated affair with a married man to find her mother and sister sharing a home and squabbling endlessly. Oscar Blundell gave up his life as a musician in order to marry Gloria. Gradually she settled into the comfortable familiarity of village life - shopkeepers knowing her tastes, neighbors calling her by name - still she finds herself lonely. In Winter Solstice, best-selling author Rosamunde Pilcher brings listeners into the lives of five very different people.Įlfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Take a breather and snuggle up.Look away from your phone and into the present.Dim the lights and set the candles.Establish and improve relationships.Nothing says hygge as a sweet slice of cake or a piece of warm cookie.Live in the now. It also offers instructions in integrating it into your own life: Wiking's The Little Book of Hygge reveals the vital element entrenched in the Danish lifestyle and culture. ![]() It is burrowing underneath a warm blanket with a cup of hot drink in one hand and a lovely book in the other, dry and safe from the perils of the ruthless storm outside. It is enjoying a great meal by candlelight with your loved one. Hygge is the warmth of the morning sun against your skin under the breezy blue sky. Pronounced "hoo-ga", hygge is both the experience and the atmosphere of coziness, togetherness, and safety. ![]() Wiking is the CEO of Copenhagen's Happiness Research Institute, and in The Little Book of Hygge, he shares that Danes are the happiest nation in the world because of one centuries-old, time-tested concept: hygge. Often dubbed as the world's happiest man, Meik Wiking introduces the Danish philosophy of hygge-happiness found in the sense of being one with others, being at home, and being where you truly belong. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Life on mars tracy![]() ![]() With this remarkable third collection, Smith establishes herself among the best poets of her generation. These poems reveal the realities of life lived here, on the ground, where a daughter is imprisoned in the basement by her own father, where celebrities and pop stars walk among us, and where the poet herself loses her father, one of the engineers who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope. Smith envisions a sci-fi future sucked clean of any real dangers, contemplates the dark matter that keeps people both close and distant, and revisits the kitschy concepts like "love" and "illness" now relegated to the Museum of Obsolescence. With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel, Life on Mars imagines a soundtrack for the universe to accompany the discoveries, failures, and oddities of human existence. You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself ![]() Smith, whose "lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) ![]() New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. * A New Yorker, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * * A New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Smith examines the discoveries, failures, and oddities of humans. ![]() ![]() ![]() If the Child Abuse Prevention Law was enforced in this novel would there have been as much abuse and continuation of it for so long? In the novel “Breathing Underwater” perhaps that idea would have assisted Nick, his father and so on in there repetitive actions of abuse. In the (1) article “Preventing Child Abuse” “Child Abuse Prevention Law, child consultation center workers, with a court permit, can enter homes that refuse to cooperate with centers’ investigation and in an emergency situation, center director judgment is allowed to prevail over parents’ judgment ”. ![]() If Nick didn’t get the support he was in need of, would he become one of the 55,152 other child abusers? (1) From the article “Preventing Child Abuse”. Over the years Nick has developed a severe temper that without getting help may lead to Nick staying on this trend of abuse. Nick got his abusiveness from his father his father got it from his father. ![]() Child abuse affects thousands of children in the world today. What The Difference Could Be In the novel “Breathing Underwater” by Alex Flinn, child abuse is brought up several times. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments White houses amy bloom![]() ![]() Who do you think Lorena most related to? Did you relate to any of them?Ĥ. Lorena’s short time in the circus introduced us to many unforgettable and unique characters on the outskirts of society. How do you think their backgrounds affected who they became as adults, in both their personal and professional lives? Did it affect the dynamics of their relationship?ģ. Eleanor's childhood was also fraught with violence and uncertainty, but she still had every opportunity and comfort, because she was a Roosevelt. Lorena had a very difficult childhood, filled with poverty, violence, and uncertainty. Did any historical information in the book interest or surprise you? Did you know anything about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, or FDR’s affairs before reading the book?Ģ. White Houses is a fictional account of relationships and events that happened from the 1930s to the '60s. ![]() |