The first quality I noted when I started this month's book, Cutting for Stone, was the beautifully descriptive prose. Certainly author Abraham Verghese is poet. Right off the top, a lovely description of the change of seasons in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia,...
The Story of Cutting for Stone from abrahamverghese.com
The story is a riveting saga of twin brothers, Marion and Shiva Stone, born of a tragic union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their...
Wishing you a great Good Friday & a Happy, Blessed Easter!
Yes, I love Friday's, especially holiday ones. For the LOL, festivities began early when we met for our monthly get-together @ Ruth's house to discuss her selection, the Kitchen House. Without fail, following every meeting,...
Hello, Dear LOL Followers!
Yippee! It's the first Wednesday of the month which means tonight brings an evening we LOL'ers wait for (or sometimes scramble to)...
Never Argue with a Woman
One morning, her husband returns the boat to their lakeside
cottage after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap.
Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors,...
Maybe it's because I see summer in the sunny distance; maybe it's because I have several friends' big birthdays this year and two weddings to attend, but I'm on a mission: get fit for the fun. Determined to eat well and exercise daily, I've renewed...
Visions of plump cherries dancing in my head, I did a little picking and found an archived article by Leslie Beck, nutritionist and Globe and Mail columnist, touting the benefits of fruit. Despite some diets denouncing sugar of any kind - even naturally occurring -...