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The #KaramazovReadalong adventure begins with the first chapter entitled Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov. To commemorate this special date, I steeped a pot of Russian Caravan tea, which has a bold smoky … Continue reading #KaramazovReadalong Day 1: Who is Fyodor?
I just finished reading Three Apples Fell From the Sky by Narine Abgaryan. My thanks go to Elisabeth Van Der Meer, from the blog, A Russian Affair, who recommended this … Continue reading Three Apples Fell From The Sky
“You’re holding this book because you love tea.” Introduction, A Little Tea Book I’ll put the kettle on. Those are the words that are spoken whenever an important discussion is … Continue reading I’ll Put the Kettle On – Conversations over the Miles
“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as … Continue reading Happy New Year 2018
“Minimalism had to be born, not out of a mere spur-of-the-moment idea or yearning for a new lifestyle, but from an earnest desire and fervent need to rethink our lives.” … Continue reading Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he … Continue reading Walden
“We are never so wise as when we live in this moment.” Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi did not live to enter his fourth decade. Instead … Continue reading When Breath Becomes Air
“Try inserting an account of a mystical experience into a conversation, and you’ll likely get the same response as you would if you confided that you had been the victim … Continue reading Living with a Wild God
“Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people’s songs.” Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago Words hold power. A … Continue reading The Zhivago Affair
“My mother comes from a vanished world, a place and a time that no longer exist. I have always thought of her as a visitor stranded here; an emissary from … Continue reading The Rainbow Comes & Goes
“The lawyer was Randol Schoenberg, the grandson of a venerated Viennese composer who had fled the rise of Hitler. The return of this ominous heir was anything but welcome. The … Continue reading The Lady in Gold
There is a lot that has been said about William Shakespeare. Everyone has an opinion on who he was, who he was not, what he wrote etc. The debate goes … Continue reading Shakespeare on Goodreads
