The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant - This is the best book I've read in ages! I enjoyed reading every word and flew through it in two days. It's about Addie Baum who came from a one room apartment and had to travel up and down three flights of dirty slippery stairs to use the outhouse. It was America in the early 1900s, however, and Addie was able to find her way to women who would be in her corner and lead her to opportunities to improve her life. If you've ever been passionate about any of my favorite books, read The Boston Girl as soon as you can. It's by Anita Diamant who wrote The Red Tent (which was a another favorite.)
Trainwreck - And then we have Trainwreck. Opposite in all ways of The Boston Girl in that it's the modern story of a young woman living a wild life of drinking and sex while working for one of the most insane bosses on screen since Ricky Gervais in The Office. And then she falls for a guy. I love when inappropriate is sweet, and Amy Schumer gets it just right from the story to the casting to the dialogue to some really funny scenes.
The Ice Cream Maker An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient In Everything You Do by Subir Chowdhury - One of Peter's professors loaned this to him as summer reading. Of course he hadn't started it, and I found it and read it this morning. The secondary title says it all, and it goes along with who I've always been before I lost my way around here. Which was someone always striving for perfection, and someone who would sweat the small stuff in that perfection pursuit. The pursuit of, and acquiring of quality leads to happiness and success. I'm newly inspired. I'd given up on the notion that the pursuit of perfection was important, but it is, especially to me.
Her Heart On Her Sleeve: I live in a suburb north of Chicago, and I read, bead, make jewelry, sew, watch TV and movies, crochet, craft, decorate, go to house and garage sales, walk and go on beach walks, listen to music, take pictures, cook and bake, read, and write about all of it on herheartonhersleeve. I have a companion blog called Jewlery by Dianne Sophia at diannesophia.blogspot.com where I write exclusively about my jewelry.
Jewelry By Dianne Sophia: I have been collecting vintage jewelry since I was a girl growing up in Detroit, and have been designing and making jewelry for 15 years. I love to work with pearls and crystals, semi-precious stones, Sterling Silver and Gold, along with vintage beads and materials. I delight in combining shape, pattern and color in new ways. I'm inspired and influenced by my travels and experiences as a reader, writer, photographer and student of life. My blog herheartonhersleeve.blogspot.com chronicles my life in art and popular culture.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant - This is the best book I've read in ages! I enjoyed reading every word and flew through it in two days. It's about Addie Baum who came from a one room apartment and had to travel up and down three flights of dirty slippery stairs to use the outhouse. It was America in the early 1900s, however, and Addie was able to find her way to women who would be in her corner and lead her to opportunities to improve her life. If you've ever been passionate about any of my favorite books, read The Boston Girl as soon as you can. It's by Anita Diamant who wrote The Red Tent (which was a another favorite.)
Trainwreck - And then we have Trainwreck. Opposite in all ways of The Boston Girl in that it's the modern story of a young woman living a wild life of drinking and sex while working for one of the most insane bosses on screen since Ricky Gervais in The Office. And then she falls for a guy. I love when inappropriate is sweet, and Amy Schumer gets it just right from the story to the casting to the dialogue to some really funny scenes.
The Ice Cream Maker An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient In Everything You Do by Subir Chowdhury - One of Peter's professors loaned this to him as summer reading. Of course he hadn't started it, and I found it and read it this morning. The secondary title says it all, and it goes along with who I've always been before I lost my way around here. Which was someone always striving for perfection, and someone who would sweat the small stuff in that perfection pursuit. The pursuit of, and acquiring of quality leads to happiness and success. I'm newly inspired. I'd given up on the notion that the pursuit of perfection was important, but it is, especially to me.
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