This last month for book club, we met at Kim’s house to discuss Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. This book was about World War II, the Holocaust and contemporary Paris. In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv… Read More >>
What is the difference between Olive Oil and extra-virgin Olive Oil? I recently read in my March 2012 issue of Clean eating the difference between olive oil and extra-virgin olive oil. According to the magazine, ‘extra-virgin refers to first cold pressing of olives to retrieve the oil – the resulting oil is unrefined and virtually… Read More >>
Today’s topic relates to everyday life. Yes, I’m asking you to be flexible. Not in the bendable gymnast sort of way, but in the ‘don’t get so set in your ways that you can’t adapt to change’ way. Be open and flexible to whatever may come, and go with the flow! Really, I’m asking myself… Read More >>
Today’s topic is an interesting one (and controversial)! Have you ever heard of The Mozart Effect? Most simply, this is a claim that listening to Mozart’s music increases your IQ. It has been written about and studied and in the end, people hold varying opinions about its accuracy. There are a whole host of changes… Read More >>
At the end of the year, I mentioned in more detail what my own Happiness Project was all about. Last month, we just finished reading The Happiness Project as part of our book club. It’s one of those books that from time to time you need to re-read to and get new nuggets from that… Read More >>
We’ve got more about the brain today. Along the same lines as last week, we can boost our brains by ensuring that we get adequate intake of fat. What? We should try to eat more fat? Well, yes, but a specific type of fat. Omega-3 fatty acids are composed of eicosapentaenic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic… Read More >>
Last night was our final book club of the year, well at least where we discussed a book, and the book was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I arrived a bit early to Natalie’s house to help with chili preparation. We made both a meat version and a veggie version. Chili in bread-bowls is… Read More >>
In September, we got together at Kerry’s house to discuss “Room” by Emma Donoghue. It was Amazon’s Best of the Month September 2010. The Room is about Jack and his Ma, living in a single room. For Jack, it’s all he knows, it’s his home. For his Ma, it’s a prison where she’s been captive… Read More >>
At the end of August our book club, we met to discuss the 2nd in the trilogy by Stieg Larsson, “The Girl Who Played with Fire.” I wasn’t able to make this get together at Kathy’s house, but I had finished the book anyway and I have already read the third book. I really enjoyed… Read More >>
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. This last week,… Read More >>
