I recently re-read Persuasion by Jane Austen and was struck by this description of Anne’s friend, Mrs. Smith (who is not much older than herself) … “She had no child to connect her with life and happiness again, no relations to assist in the arrangement of perplexed affairs, no health to make all the rest supportable….
The Good News about a Messy Middle
What L.M. Montgomery’s most fearless heroine teaches us about the path of true transformation … The first time I read The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, I didn’t love it. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t consider it some of Maud’s greatest work (in league with Anne of Green Gables and the Emily of New…
Sour Cream Softies: A cookie to die for
You can read all about what I learned about my German heritage, and my sweet German grandma Fern who gave this cookie tradition to my family, in Eat Like a Heroine, but the primary purpose of this blog post is to get the scent of these perfectly fluffy cookies wafting through your kitchen ASAP.
