Category Archives: Reading

Saying “Hello” to Wendell Berry

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Melissa's Meanderings

In my efforts to not only read more this year but also continue to educate myself about topics that I believe are vital to our well being and that of our children and our children’s children, I have taken on … Continue reading →

Posted in Green Living/Vegetarianism, Nature, Reading | Tagged connection, environmental destruction, eroding topsoil, fidelity, frugality, global economics, good food, good work, greed, hubris, husbandry, ignorance, industrial farming, industrialization of life, interconnectedness, interconnectedness of life, local economics, miracle of life, reading, reading challenge, reverence, rural communities, Sustainable agriculture, technology, the natural world, United States, violence against others, Wendell Berry | 8 Comments

Dreaming of the Emerald Isle

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Melissa's Meanderings

I’ve always had a fascination with Ireland for as long as I can recall. We’ll just presume that it’s in my blood…even though I’m only about 1/5th Irish. And visiting Ireland is on my as yet incomplete and unpublished (look … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Reading | Tagged blarney stone, Celtic, emerald isle, Ethnicity, flirting with forty, Ireland, ireland reading challenge, Irish, Irish American, irish reading challenge, list, luck o' the irish, reading, reading challenge, Saint Patrick's Day, shamrock, St. Patricks Day, travel | 17 Comments

Thankful Thursday – Week Five

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Melissa's Meanderings

Have any of you read Ray Bradbury’s 1954 short story “All Summer in a Day” or seen the 30 minute adaptation in 1982 by PBS childrens’ series “Wonderworks”? For some reason this morning as I was driving to work in … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Reading, Thankful Thursday | Tagged all summer in a day, Arts, balance, earth, Fiction, inspiration, Literature, PBS, rain, rain and sun, Ray Bradbury, Short story, Thankful Thursday, venus, Wonderworks | 17 Comments

Outdo Yourself

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Melissa's Meanderings

After my research into American Literacy yesterday, I made a pledge to myself to read more and watch television less this year and beyond. When I think back to my school years I amazed by how much I read–at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Reading | Tagged books, less television, Literacy, reading, reading challenges, school demands, work demands | 10 Comments

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