Category Archives: Books

Bebina Bunny’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Before museums and internet, who could affort it collected objects of interest often related to natural history, art, antiquities and/or religious relics. This kind of collection is known as a Cabinet of Curiosity. “Bebina Bunny and Her Cabinet of Curiosities” … Continue reading

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E-books and cats

Volver, our cat, likes attention and often interrupts whatever I’m doing when he has a Tactile Attack forcing me to take a Kitty Break.  Sometimes I try to ignore him (not easy) especially when I’m reading. Of course, we all … Continue reading

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Elena Ferrante, the storyteller

Mrs. Asher was my middle school English teacher.  She had us diagram sentences and write numerous book reports. Novels, she said, are based on one of three themes:  man against nature, man against man, man against himself. Simply put, novels … Continue reading

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Storytelling Through Textiles

Making something with your hands can make life magical.  It gives you the possibility to take life stories and transform them into works of art. Leanne Prain’s book “Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles” is full of such examples. Sewn narrations … Continue reading

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A Book of Errors

On Market Street in Parikia, there’s a tiny little shop, PAWS,  that raises money to feed stray animals by selling donated items.  That’s where I bought “The Unknown Errors of Our Lives” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. (Divakaruni is better known for … Continue reading

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