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I collected ten of the books that I read this last year to share with you. When I completed my list I realized that I spend a lot of time reading novels that suspend belief. As a history student I spend most of my life in the throes of reality while reading of historical [...]

The earth is waking up, stretching; yawning already in some places spring is trying to force it way forward.  And so like the spring goddess Maia (who the month of May is named after) to awaken spring’s primal urges begin with star gazing. Maia is the brightest star in the Pleiades (or the ’seven sisters’) [...]

Princess Bubble is a beautiful fairy tale princess AND an educated, hard-working, well-traveled woman with plenty of moxie.  Authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb created the character of Princess Bubble to help combat stereotypes and fight the victim mentality that young girls are indoctrinated with almost from birth.   The book is written from a Christian [...]

When I ponder what a friend is to me I always think of “boon companion”, an inseparable, intimate friend. A friend whom I cannot live without, symbiotic and someone that you know so well you can finish each others' thoughts, someone you cannot imagine life without.
Friendship has many facets that should evolve based on loyalty, [...]