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Coffee with Winston Churchill
40 Ways to Look at Winston Churchill by Gretchen Rubin. A terrific introduction to the towering, complicated Winston Churchill. Rubin combines a warm, conversational writing style with exacting research. The book reads like a light, easy chat. The author’s tone is so relaxed and personable, one almost takes for granted Rubin’s quality and density of critical analysis. Churchill was described as “larger than life” even during his own lifetime. Rubin does an excellent job in introducing the reader to the ever fascinating, vivid, charming, difficult, tumultuous Winston Churchill.
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Happiness
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Only for people who love both living their life and analyzing it. A deceptively easy read as the author re-evaluates her assumptions & actions in important areas of her own life – all from the perspective of “does this add to my happiness overall?” A very perceptive as well as humorous look at the quirkiness of being human. Note: The author’s insight and humor inspired me to make notes and plans for my own “Happiness Project.”
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Clothes & What They Express About Our Thoughts
You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You by Jennifer Baumgartner. An eye opening perspective on how our closets can be the true mirrors of our psyche. The author has a friendly and warm tone of voice. She describes different women (and one man) and how their stages of life and their closets were intertwined – both the literal (these are the clothes that the people wore every day) and the mental/emotional – the clothes represented how the people saw themselves and their lives. I finished the book and then looked at my own closet with a different (and clearer) perspective.
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What I learned While Making an “About Me” Post
I’m new to this blogging thing. Quite new. As in “watching youtube tutorials to figure out how to actually create my own site” type new. That being said, let me share some of my adventures! 1. The “About Me” post. According to many website coaches, the “About Me” area is The MOST visited part of anyone’s site. (I would cite which web coaches wrote that particular pearl of wisdom but every single one I read said it.) So, no pressure or anything, kids. Whatever I put in this area will be the single most visited piece of real estate on my site. 2. It’s vital to include some type of…
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The Glamorous French Aunt (that we all wish we had) Talks Style
How To Be Chic & Elegant by Marie Anne La Coeur. Short, to the point, on target. The voice of a stylish Parisian “woman of a certain age” who gives us terrific life and style advice in a blunt, no-nonsense manner.
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Coffee with Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, An American Life, by Walter Isaacson I was feeling a bit sluggish and dull this morning and decided that I needed interesting and charming company to help get my brain moving. I turned to that famously charming genius, Ben Franklin, to add some sparkle to my day. Happily, I had downloaded a highly regarded biography, Benjamin Franklin, An American Life, by Walter Isaacson several months ago. Mr. Isaacson and Mr. Franklin do not disappoint. They both combine practical common sense and historical acumen with a light & witty touch. I had not realized that Franklin was such a prolific writer even early on in his life. I…