“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.”
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Here are my top five parenting books to have within reach for help in navigating what are often those bewildering early years. What to read when you don’t really have time to read:
1. Our favorite gift
Your Baby Week by Week by Simone Cave and Dr Caroline Fertleman was the book I used…
THE BEST RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
I get that “best” is all relative, but I tried to get a good sample of dishes from around the world including some appetizers, main dishes, desserts and sweets. I grouped the recipes by region as best I could to make it easier to find certain cuisines. And…
Have you ever felt the need to stifle a yawn after reading something you’ve written? “Oh boy,” you said to yourself. “That sure wasn’t very interesting….”
The German word for boredom is langeweile – lange meaning “long” and weile for “a while.” When you’re bored, time moves like a three-toed sloth — which is pretty…
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DELETE AND START OVER
Perhaps you’ve managed to scribble a few words on paper. Or you’ve pecked out an uninspired paragraph or two on your laptop. But it’s not bringing you joy. You’re not inspired to continue writing. So don’t.
Delete it.
Yes. Whether you’ve written a chapter or a sentence, get reckless and delete…
No one will read your book.
This isn’t an insult. It’s a statistical fact.
For an example that’s depressing on many levels, take Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s Killing Patton, which according to Nielsen was the only adult book (in English) to sell more than one million copies last year. When viewed globally, selling 1.19 million copies of…
Much like French cooking, French baking is more about technique than specific ingredients. Apple tarte tatin, for instance, is just apples, sugar, and butter, along with a simple dough with flour and more butter and sugar. Pastry cookbooks then, especially those geared toward home cooks rather than professionals, are mostly guides to technique rather than treatises…
We all know the feeling of a good book, the way a story can transport you to a totally different reality for hours on end. Our summer reading lists are always growing and books pile up on our e-nightstands all throughout the year.
From sci-fi comedy thrillers like Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to serious memoirs…
