Amanda on Jun 24 2010 | Filed under: Book Profile
“Families don’t talk about the most important things in life!!!!!” I found this quote in bold on page 107 of Deborah Golden Alecson’s memoir, We Are So Lightly Here: A Story About Conscious Dying. In this book Alecson tells her story of her husband’s devestating illness and his conscious acceptance of death. It’s our culture’s [...]
Amanda on Mar 11 2010 | Filed under: Book Profile
That’s not an order, by the way. But if you are considering eating, I highly recommend checking these two books by local women authors. The most recent is The Locavore Way by Amy Cotler. We were lucky enough to have her speak and sign copies of her book here at The Bookloft back in January. [...]
Amanda on Mar 11 2010 | Filed under: Book Profile
From waterfalls to farms, plays to festivals The Berkshires with Kids by Christine Hensel Triantos offers a full description of 44 places and activities for you and your kids. There are plenty of guides to the Berkshires out there, but this one is special because it’s not only geared towards kid-friendly places and activities, it [...]
Amanda on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Book Profile
I have a name: Eve.
Green surrounds me.
I am drinking green
and dreaming green.
I remember our father’s voice,
his words. . .
but the leaves are green
and the fruit so near
I can almost taste
how green it will be.
Excerpt from “Green”
Those Flames is the latest collection of poetry from local poet Irene Willis. Ms. Willis’s previous collection of poetry, At [...]
Amanda on Mar 02 2010 | Filed under: Book Profile
“Any time, any time when I was a slave, if I had been offered on minute’s freedom and told that at the end of that minute I would have to die, I would have taken it, just to stand one minute a free woman on God’s earth, I would.” –Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman
In photo: Ann-Elizabeth [...]