Look what I found hidden in the draft category in my blog! Don’t ask me why I never hit “publish.”

It feels like summer lately — not just because the weather turned hot almost overnight, mostly because I’ve been reading a lot, and enjoying every indulgent minute. Some of the books I’ve chewed through recently: So Long Status Quo: What I Learn from Women Who Changed the World, by Susy Flory; Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler; Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore; and most recently I finished The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner.

They’ve all been great reads and each has left its mark on me. There may have been a scene so perfectly and poignantly detailed, a subtle comment with powerful innuendo, factual information that completely took me by surprise and observations I found thought-provoking. (more…)