How to Read All Day

Always have a book with you.

Read while waiting.
Read while eating.
Read while exercising.
Read before bed.
Read before getting out of bed.

Returning to Therapy

Book therapy, that is. Eight years ago I began my year of reading a book a day. I was looking for escape, wisdom, comfort…

The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family

The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s; revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s; merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s; and scientists, educators…

James Russell Lowell and the Election of 1860: A Turning Point in American History

The Art — and Artists — of Letter Writing

When Artists Write Letters

Adding to HOW to Read ALL DAY

Summer Reading 2015 — and How to Read ALL DAY

The days are longer, so there are more hours to read outdoors. We can read on the beach, in the garden, on a stoop or a bench in a park, on a blanket on the grass in the park. As long as we always carry a…

Forty-Six Years of Amy Lowell Fandom

When I was in second grade I edited my first book of poetry. All the poems I chose had fall as…