Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” 
Martin Luther King, Jr.

#MahsaAmini

Cover Reveal

 

Reflections

 

Coffee

Where did the word coffee come from?

"The early forms of the word in English indicate a derivation from Arabic or Turkish: chaoua (1598), cahve, kahui, etc. French café, German Kaffe are via Italian caffè." 
https://www.etymonline.com/word/coffee

Mary Oliver

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

Mary Oliver
 

Haruki Murakami

“Learning another language is like becoming another person.”
Haruki Murakami

Reflections

 

L&LL

 

Countdown

 And the countdown to my new book officially begins...

Joseph Campbell

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
Joseph Campbell

Reflections

 

Aristotle

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
Aristotle

Last Day

Today is the last day of the anniversary book sale. The price drop ends today, and prices will go up tomorrow. Get your copy of Languages & Life Lessons while it's on sale. The hardcover copy is only $12.99 right now.

Languages & Life Lessons

Languages & Life Lessons is one year old.
Enjoy the price drop!

Price Drop Alert

Languages & Life Lessons will be one year old on Saturday, September 17, ... and on sale all this weekend.

Stephen King

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
Stephen King 

Chris de Burgh...

... on war

L&LL

 

Pema Chödrön

“Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.”
Pema Chödrön 

Book Review

 

Book Review

 

Reflections

 

Henry Ford

"The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it."
Henry Ford

Three Minutes

Yesterday I went to the library. With the dogs waiting in the car and the clouds getting darker and darker in the sky, I rushed straight to the checkout desk to return some DVDs and borrow the ones ready for pickup, without paying any attention to my surroundings. One of the librarians greeted me, checked in the DVDs I'd brought back, and got up to bring the ones waiting for me. I stood there watching her search through the hold shelf when something caught my eye and brought my focus to the rolling bookcase right in front of me. Languages & Life Lessons sat on the top shelf, waiting to be returned to its regular location. It made me slow down, take a breath, and enjoy my present moment. I smiled at the thought that someone had borrowed my book. After getting my DVDs, I said goodbye and turned around to leave when I saw Reflections displayed on the shelf where new books reside for a while. Who knew a three-minute visit to the library could feel so magically motivating?

Final Partial Cover Reveal

 

Reflections

 

C8H10N4O2

Dear Coffee Lovers:

Click on the link below to learn more about coffee.

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Caffeine#section=3D-Conformer&fullscreen=true

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Winston Churchill

"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
Winston Churchill 

Book Review

 

Seed... >>> ...Cup

Do you know how coffee is grown and harvested? 

https://www.ncausa.org/about-coffee/10-steps-from-seed-to-cup