Category Archives: reads

Being Present For Others

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

What happens when you get out of your own thoughts and pay attention, via The Writer’s Almanac, commemorating the birthday of W. Somerset Maugham. He’d become a doctor and practiced in the slums of London. I saw how men died. … Continue reading →

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Reading this week

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

I heard about this book yesterday on the radio – and after I got the paint that I’d gone out for I stopped at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza and secured a copy of The Power of Kindness by … Continue reading →

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Warez MB – August Edition

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

Don’t you find that if you push really hard on something, you need a little downtime to get ready for the next thing? I do. Finished quilting and any day now I’m going to get going on the next part. … Continue reading →

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Human Library at Williams College

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

there are some very brave books available to tell you about their lives and the courageous things they’ve done as well as fascinating history books and other genres. Continue reading →

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Enter Winter, Mid-January

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

Almost every year about this time when the temperature starts dipping into the “man is it cold” state of things I am reminded of this book, Our Own Sung Fireside, Images of the New England Home 1760-1860 by Jane C. Nylander Continue reading →

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