I have always hated tattoos. I have a fear of needles that is ironic for a person who has spent more than half of her life being poked. When I was married, I forced my sister to cover her tattoos with a bracelet and bridesmaids dress, because "I hated tattoos" (bridezilla much??). So what, you … Continue reading My Semicolon Story: Thank you, Amy Bleuel

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Margaret Atwood wrote the dystopic The Handmaid's Tale in the 1980s, after the first and second waves of the Women's Movement. At that time, Conservatives were railing against Affirmative Action, against women working outside the home, against what was considered the "traditional family". The Handmaid's Tale is a social satire, wherein women are stripped … Continue reading The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (1985)

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❤️❤️❤️💔 Charles Dickens' 13th novel, Great Expectations is a tome of a book. The 544 pages follow the narrator/protagonist Pip from early childhood, until later adulthood. Written in a Victorian conversational style, the reader will feel that Pip is recounting his life story, with the benefit of hindsight. Pip is neither hero, nor antihero, but … Continue reading Great Expectations – Charles Dickens (1860-1861)

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http://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/m-shows/brave-new-world/ Happy. Sad. Conflicted. Complicated. Content. Simple. Angry. Depressed. Thrilled. Ecstatic. Hysterical. Terrified. Trepidatious. Loving. Dramatic.  These are only a handful of emotions that every person has, yet, with the advent of Pinterest quotes, Facebook updates, tweets and Instagram inspirational pages, we see day in and day out the mantra that we "only have room … Continue reading Pinterest-ing Ourselves into Huxley’s Brave New World

I am halfway through The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. My thoughts so far are that, while written in 1985, as a satire, the laws that are being passed and are attempting to be passed in the world at the moment make the Republic of Gilead seem not as far fetched as one would have … Continue reading Midway Musings – The Handmaid’s Tale

"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for." ~ To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee I find a simple truth to this statement. People do not believe what they do not want to believe and they do not see what is in front of their eyes if it is … Continue reading Harper Lee Quote

It doesn't take much.  A week ago, I was in Hawaii with my best friend, enjoying the sun, the beach and each other's company. The flight home was a red eye, and I did not think to set an alarm or prepare in anyway for the fact that my medications, taken diligently every single night … Continue reading On A Personal Note

"In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong." ~ Pip - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens #greatexpectations #charlesdickens #selfawareness #cowardly #fearful #doingwhatisright #doingwhatiswrong #itisnevertoolatetodotherightthings #reading #classicliterature #classic #readersofinstagram #read #reader #book #bibliophile #bookstagram … Continue reading Do the right thing – Dickens