Lighthearted rants and reflections on baby boomer lifestyle, ageing, retirement, fashion, current events, and more . . . .
The Covenant of Water is the second book by Abraham Verghese that I have read and it was just as fascinating as his earlier book, Cutting For Stone. At more than seven hundred pages it was more than I could read in my allotted twenty-one days from the library, so I bought the hard-cover edition on Amazon so I could finish it at my leisure….
When I open a book with a boomer-aged main character, written by an author I have previously read and enjoyed, then chances are very good that I’m going to enjoy it. The Librarianist by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt is such a book. I loved his earlier book French Exit. I read it a few years ago and can vouch for that book being infinitely better…
The Last Gift of Time, Life Beyond Sixty by Carolyn G. Heilbrun is a little book that some readers may not have the patience to read, but if you do, you will find it enormously enlightening. Heilbrun was a retired Professor of English Literature at Colombia University. She wrote the book twenty-five years ago in 1998 when she was in her seventies. I recently came…
If you can get past the seemingly unhappy subject matter and appreciate the great writing, then Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey is a wonderful read. You will appreciate it even more if you have ever been through a painful divorce because that is what this fictional, humorous book is about. The bonus is the author is Canadian and readers will relate to the Toronto…
One of the best-selling YA books ever has been made into a movie. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” was written by Judy Blume more than fifty years ago and it still holds up. I must confess I never read the book because I was already grown up and working by the time it was published but the experiences and emotions described in the book are…
Navigating healthy eating guidelines is a minefield of confusing and often conflicting information. How much can we trust the Canada food rules? One week dairy is bad; the next week it’s good. The same has happened with coffee. Then, I heard seed oils are bad for us. Should we or shouldn’t we? We’re told everything in moderation is the best solution, but is it really?…