Braiding sweetgrass-a book review

Braiding sweetgrass-a book review

From a book that changed my life! Every once in a while a reader will come across a book that changes their life. It usually is not fiction, as was the case for me. This book for me, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions; First Edition (August 11, 2015) was not even a NEW book. Only new to me. My daughter gave me a copy of it for Christmas. Reading it was like biting into a luscious apple and letting the juice run down my chin. I couldn’t read it fast. I had to savor every page. And

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Rumination

Rumination

Also known as ruminating or what really goes on in a writer’s mind If I have to tell you what rumination is, just know that it’s a terrible malady that I have found myself doing a lot of lately. Rumination is the act of turning negative thoughts over in your mind again and again. Sometimes building a snowman of angst. Therefore, this rumination thing is a bad thing. (When I went to look at the other descriptions of what it is I found equally unpleasant answers) Suffice it to say, I really have to stop. These are the things I

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