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A Mini History Moment about gloves in Shakespeare’s time, the Regency, and the role of the female gloveress Intro: On our recent England trip, we went to Shakespeare’s Birthplace, because what writer can go through the English midlands and not stop b...

Water Changes our Visual, Aural, and Sensory Input Imagine standing and looking out at the ocean. Our field of view is simplified with a straight horizon and the rhythmic repetitive sounds plug us into a synchrony or “groove” (that’s the scientific t...

Two years ago, I had never heard the term Women’s Fiction, although I had been reading it for my entire life. On Women’s Fiction Day 2022 (when I did not know it existed), my last child was leaving toddlerhood, and I knew that it was time for somethi...

I like books that are uplifting and offer an escape from the quotidian world, but I don’t want to just turn off my brain and float. (That’s a valid goal for books too, just not the one on this review site!) The books that I find the most invigorating...

I like books that are uplifting and offer an escape from the quotidian world, but I don’t want to just turn off my brain and float. (That’s a valid goal for books too, just not the one on this review site!) The books that I find the most invigorating...