This week the Booklover’s Bench authors share their thoughts about the changes associated with the season of fall. We hope you’ll enjoy this group post. Be sure to enter the Rafflecopter for a Tote Bag prize. Emily Dickinson famously wrote, “There is a certain slant of light.” I recall her words quite often as summer moves […]
The Dark Side of the Sun by Tina Whittle Since my husband is a science nerd, there was no way we were going to miss the Great American Eclipse of 2017. Not if we could help it anyway. So Monday morning on the day of the event, we packed up the mini-van with a bunch […]
The Eclipse By Tina Whittle On August 21, 2017, the world will end when the giant cosmic snake of darkness eats the sun and the universe goes dark. Unless of course the evil is thwarted and the sun vanquishes the shadow and returns to its right and good fullness in the sky. Spoiler alert—I’m betting […]
The Path of the Unexpected By Tina Whittle One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn about being creative is that to fire up the creative juice, you have to put yourself into the path of the unexpected, the unfamiliar, and the radical. You have to afflict your sense of well-being and make yourself […]
Creativity By Tina Whittle One of the most common questions I get asked during interviews is when I started being a writer. It’s also one of the hardest questions to answer. Technically, I’ve been a writer as long as I’ve been writing. But I didn’t know I was a writer – didn’t really understand what […]
Our Spring Collection by Karla Brandenburg, Nancy J Cohen, James M Jackson, Terry Odell, Maggie Toussaint, and Tina Whittle Everyone’s heard the saying “April showers bring May flowers,” and for me, that phrase is synonymous with spring. I’m sure many places in the US and the world still have traditional seasons, but here in the […]
Raise A Glass By Tina Whittle We grow muscadines in my backyard. These wild grapes were planted by the homeowners before us, but they didn’t start producing fruit until about ten years ago. Now they gift us with a plentiful crop. One vine makes the bronze variety (scuppernongs) and the other the purple variety. Both […]
Groundhogs and winter by Tina Whittle At some time this morning, Punxsutawney Phil–perhaps the most famous rodent in America (not counting a certain mouse in Orlando)–will come out of his burrow and perhaps see his shadow. If so, there will be six more weeks of winter. If not, then an early spring is on the […]
We’re so happy to have friends and fans join us here at Booklover’s Bench, where readers are winners, and we hope you’ll continue that tradition in the New Year. We’ve shared some holiday memories and traditions below to help put you in a holiday mood. Be sure and join us next year for more fun with the Booklover’s […]
A Little Something by Tina Whittle It’s December 1st! And you know what that means – time to get serious about holiday shopping! In our home, that means dragging out an entire closet’s worth of wrapping paper and glitter tape and green bows and gold bows and red bows and white bows… Oh, so many […]
