Wednesday, May 25, 2011
My dad is turning 70 in Sept. We are all meeting in FL to celebrate ( I have 2 big sisters). So, I had the idea to do a book club family style... because my dad is a book collector and reading is his thing. However, we are talking Dante's Inferno, physics books, etc. He picked Emma by Jane Austin. He is so excited. He is a pretty quiet person but loves to talk about what he is reading, so I think this is a neat idea. I'll let you know how it goes. Love, Catherine
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Hand Wash Cold
Thanks for the great discussion of 'Hand Wash Cold' the other night!
I liked the balance of our conversation both with and without the author. I've been reflecting on her words the past couple of days and I am inspired by her. I appreciate the willingness of the group to read the book, particularly those who weren't so inspired, so thank you! It was interesting for me to hear all of the viewpoints. In fact, it's these love it/didn't love it conversations on all the book club books that I find so fascinating. What a great group of women! Thanks for putting together such a great book group Jennie, maybe you could Skype with us next time ;) We miss you!
Karen and Tara, we missed you too...we'll see you in June at Nicole's house!
Oh, so here's a little how-to video on how to make the coconut whipped cream. Super easy and totally works for your dairy free friends ;)
And you all got me wondering if I was just making stuff up ...so I did a little research on 'the seven minute lull' and came back with this and this and this one (where someone refers to it as the 'Harvard Pause'...which I find just a wee bit stuffy, yes?). Interesting? Perhaps not.
And! I found a bottle of Beringer Chardonnay in the fridge from our meeting. I'm happy to bring it to the next meeting, what do you think?
Until the next Third Thursday Ladies, cheers!
CeCe
I liked the balance of our conversation both with and without the author. I've been reflecting on her words the past couple of days and I am inspired by her. I appreciate the willingness of the group to read the book, particularly those who weren't so inspired, so thank you! It was interesting for me to hear all of the viewpoints. In fact, it's these love it/didn't love it conversations on all the book club books that I find so fascinating. What a great group of women! Thanks for putting together such a great book group Jennie, maybe you could Skype with us next time ;) We miss you!
Karen and Tara, we missed you too...we'll see you in June at Nicole's house!
Oh, so here's a little how-to video on how to make the coconut whipped cream. Super easy and totally works for your dairy free friends ;)
And you all got me wondering if I was just making stuff up ...so I did a little research on 'the seven minute lull' and came back with this and this and this one (where someone refers to it as the 'Harvard Pause'...which I find just a wee bit stuffy, yes?). Interesting? Perhaps not.
And! I found a bottle of Beringer Chardonnay in the fridge from our meeting. I'm happy to bring it to the next meeting, what do you think?
Until the next Third Thursday Ladies, cheers!
CeCe
Friday, May 13, 2011
Inspiration Book Exchange
Image from Last time we gathered, someone mentioned The Four Agreements and we started to share favorite uplifting reads, titles from which we'd learned or been inspired. We talked about bringing our personal favorites to the next gathering to swap. Are you still up for it?
Also, Catherine & CeCe mentioned Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. I was never able to make it through The Power of Now, but recently heard this podcast on NPR's Speaking of Faith:
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/tolle/
Had to share because I felt able to understand him much better in that context.
See you next week!
Monday, May 9, 2011
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