“The Trolley Car Family” for a Fun Summer Read
Eleanor Clymer’s “The Trolley Car Family” offers a light-hearted, endearing story that fits well with summer vacation. The story follows the Parker […]
Hope in Action or No Hope At All
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And […]
Unlike Anything Else: John D. Fitzgerald’s “The Great Brain”
Visiting Utah reveals that it is a place unlike any other. Fittingly, one of Utah’s best-loved authors wrote a series of children’s […]
Suffering Does Not Discriminate
Norman Cousins’ Anatomy of an Illness is a book as relevant today as it was upon publication in 1972. Cousins has a […]
No Substitute for Real Children
Few are the people who outright state that they dislike children. There are misanthropes willing to despise what they once were, but […]
Extravagance: an Essential Ingredient for Life
Betty Smith includes many memorable details of the life Francie Nolan growing up in poverty and instability in “A Tree Grows in […]
Freedom in living beyond the illusion of control
Grasping at control is nothing new in the human experience. However, in a culture infused with unhelpful ideas and composed of isolated […]
Travelogue: The Great Salt Lake
Some places leave an indellible impression and come often to mind after even but a brief experience. Here is one such destination. […]