Books

This is a lovely day book that I discovered over a decade ago. I read it daily for a long time and always felt touched by what I read. Recently I rediscovered it on the book shelf, and while I don’t pick it up every day, I do start the day with it often for the same reasons I read it long ago: it reminds me of my best possible self.

Anna Gagliano Gordon, who died in 2002 at the age of 94, was the personification of the culture of the mid-century American Catholic working class. A hard-working single mother – Mary Gordon's father died when she was still a girl – she managed to hold down a job, dress smartly, raise her daught...

Nancy is a brilliant woman and changer of the world. This is her second book about the importance and beauty of creating a thinking environment for oneself and the various worlds in which one lives. I have had the great honor of knowing Nancy personally as my friend, studying her work with her, and using it in my life. She has also published "More Time to Think" and "Living With Time to Think."

I love the colors of these paintings. Bright and lively and inspiring to me. My sister-in-law says that bright colors are the answer to feeling good about aging.