Category Archives: Reading
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Fear, Hope, and Change
7May 14, 2019 by Jean
On Sunday, as I drove to and from the first Farmers’ Market of the season, I was listening to one …
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Becoming
13April 24, 2019 by Jean
When my book group decided to read Michelle Obama’s autobiography Becoming (Crown, 2018) this month, I was willing but not …
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Winter Reading
8January 13, 2019 by Jean
I am a voracious reader and have been for pretty much all my life. I remember my weekly dilemma when …
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The Twenty Percent Challenge
8August 30, 2017 by Jean
Recently, I have been reading The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living (Island Press 2012). …
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Empathy Bridges and Empathy Walls
13February 24, 2017 by Jean
When I was formulating a way to move forward after the November election (see Moving Forward), one of the tasks …
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American Nations
6November 7, 2016 by Jean
I recently finished reading Colin Woodard’s American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (Penguin …
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What Does It Mean to Be Rich?
12April 11, 2016 by Jean
I’ve been kept away from blogging recently by the intense rehearsal schedule leading up to my Beethoven concert. Even though …
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Who Benefits? A Proposal for Congressional Salaries
6March 24, 2016 by Jean
Recently, I have been reading Joseph E. Stiglitz’s The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them …
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The Virtues of Aging
9December 1, 2015 by Jean
Recently, I read Jimmy Carter’s book, The Virtues of Aging (Ballantine, 1998), written when Carter was in his mid-seventies. He …
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