Recommended: Journey into the Whirlwind
The best book, definitely the best memoir, that I’ve read in years, The Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg chronicles her experience of imprisonment in USSR during the Stalin era. Since she saw no evidence against her colleague, Ginzburg refused to wrongly condemn him as a Trotskyite. Thus... MoreReading for me
When my sons, now 32 and 30, were young and one would say "I'm bored", I always replied you can never say you are bored as long as you have a book to read. I was reminded of that in these Covid months when in a first for me I... MoreThe Case for Reading
There is a quote I have been using for many years which so beautifully reflects how I feel about reading "It's through reading that we engage with the larger truths of being human. In books we experience our private struggles as universal and come to realize the value of compassion,... More
Endless Pleasures
Reading gives me endless pleasure. The kind of pleasure I can get from reading is like no other! Reading offers the experience of other lives, other places and other times. Reading helps me sort things out, consider new ideas and escape to other worlds for a time. The delights and... More
Poem in Honor of Reading
Poem in Honor of Reading For knowing some adults haven't yet been taught to read. For knowing a story will pull me through a portal into adventure beyond. For reading pink morning into lemon day overtaken by moon night. For reading can bring on my tear. For thumping a book... More
Thanksgiving
I read for my heart and mind.. but not just anything I can find...Is there intrigue, heart and soul..Will I laugh and learn to open my mind to open my eyes to that which I have been blind. To turn a page and know what is there might give me... More
Reflections by Pattie Cleghorn 11/23/20
Immensely Missed this Year Of the many changes in this impactful year, the inability to spend time in very special Boca Grande ranks right up there with the health affecting ones. I am especially thinking about the times shared in appreciating the many speakers who have come to our island... More
Why I read
I read because it allows me to experience the human drama through different eyes. I also read because I appreciate the writing craft, and I enjoy watching how writers work. I also love talking about books with other book lovers, and being at the library gives me a wonderful opportunity... More
