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  • Heart and Soul

    I was reading about heart conditions today because I’m thinking a lot about my 92 year old mom who is experiencing a significant decline in her health. This article from… Read more

  • How We Survived

    I found another biography on my shelf while trying to pare down my collection. How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, written by journalist Slavenka Drakulic, tells us what women’s… Read more

  • New Day Dawning

    My bookcases were overstuffed with books, so I decided it was time to weed out the ones I might never read again. That’s not to say I don’t love all… Read more

  • Horses on my Bucket List

    People of all ages often develop a “bucket list” of things they’d like to do some time in their life. I’ve noticed the older we get, the more likely we… Read more

  • Another Holiday in the Books

    About Thanksgiving Today is the day after the U.S. holiday called Thanksgiving. It’s got quite a history, good and bad, especially if you look at its origins from the perspective… Read more

  • Notable Women

    When I blog, I try not to make my posts too long because I actually want them to be read. I recently blogged about a lovely biography of Dr. Perkins… Read more

  • A Good and Noble Thing

    I grew up in a wonderful rural area in upstate New York. Where we lived was called “the hilltowns.” We were only about a half hour away from the capital… Read more

  • A Scholarly Event

    I attended a conference this weekend at the wonderful Green Acre Centre of Learning in Eliot, Maine. Making time to attend this particular conference was my birthday present to myself… Read more

  • The Heavens Might Crack

    I just finished reading this book and I highly recommend it, especially if you think you know all you need to know about Martin Luther King, Jr’s legacy. You will… Read more

  • It’s Complicated

    We’ve been watching the Netflix series The Crown. It’s been fascinating to compare what we see on screen to what we remember over the years about the royal family. Sometimes… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Cathy,

Here you’ll find my notes about research and other related professional work interests, as well as some personal things, such as books I’ve found interesting, stories of family and friends, travel, and spiritual musings.

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