Bookworm: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter Thanks to the recommendation of a bibliophile friend, I have just finished Lea Carpenter’s book, Eleven Days. Wow. It’s a great one! The book opens with a middle-class, hard working single mom, named Sara who “is no longer sure what she fills her days with” because her only son,… Continue reading Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
Breast Cancer Quotes & Inspiration
October is National (F-bomb) Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Are you wondering why gobs of buildings are illuminated pink…and why there is a proliferation of pink ribbons every (f-bomb) where? Well, it is because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Prior to my personal experience with FBC (f-bomb breast cancer for new readers), I knew about National Breast Cancer Awareness Month only from the illuminated… Continue reading October is National (F-bomb) Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Books on Music, The Brain & Emotion
Why is it that some music makes people want to get up and dance while it makes other people want to barf (e.g., Billy Idol’s White Wedding – I’m of the dancing variety when it comes to Billy Idol)? Why is it that some music is seemingly always played at weddings or funerals (e.g., Ave Maria)?… Continue reading Books on Music, The Brain & Emotion
Catherine’s Silver Linings
Dearest Hollye, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma in February, 1999 while living in Dallas, TX. I had just had a mammogram the week before which normal. While I was taking a shower I found a lump in my left breast at 12:00. I underwent a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. Today, I am… Continue reading Catherine’s Silver Linings
Silver Lined Discoveries: Plates
One of my seriously favorite new finds is this set of plates from The Frick Collection. This design is an adaptation of a plate in The Frick Collection made in 1782 by the Sèvres porcelain factory in France. The plate is part of a dessert service that Henry Clay Frick purchased in 1918. Aren’t they… Continue reading Silver Lined Discoveries: Plates
Our Truest Life – Thoreau
How great is this? I just love it and hope that it adds a Silver Lining to your day!
Planning – Alan Lakein
Stop and Look – Eleanor Roosevelt
Style Inspiration: Grace Kelly
Everything about Grace Kelly-her talent, her beauty, her style, her confidence, her grace-ness-was extraordinary (Silver Lining). Most people know the story of the young, beautiful woman from Philadelphia who made her mark in Hollywood as an Academy Award winning actress who at age 26 married her prince and became The Princess of Monaco. It’s a… Continue reading Style Inspiration: Grace Kelly
