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Dawn

Dawn

Books have always motivated me to make decisions about my life and to expand my horizons. I read not to be entertained, but to be inspired. While I appreciate the authors termed as the "classics" I have developed a love for African American authors and literature from around the world. After raising five children, I am now pursuing an... more »
  • Fleetwood, PA
  • member since August 25 2007

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  • tirtle

    tirtle says

    Hello Dawn, sorry for delay, I did not visit this site for a while :) I'd be happy to have you as a friend! Also look at htis site: http://jkrishnamurti.ning.com come join :) it is very good network of Jk with good people there! Take care, Lena.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Maria H

    Maria H says

    I am finding this fun. My shelf is not done, but I will continue to work on it. I just finished uploading this photo. It was taken in Montana, when Angelo and I were on our way to Glacier National Park. I have so many great pictures from our trip that I wanted to possibly use, but shelfari will only upload pictures that are 2 megabytes or less, and most of the best ones are more, so I am left with this one.
    Talking to you the other day reminded me of just how much of ourselves we have shared over the years. I feel as though we still really know each other quite well, despite not having much contact over the last 6-8 months. I get very excited and inspired about everything after I talk to you. You really uplift me! You seem to understand me better than anyone else I know or encounter. Oh, I just noticed that this will be public domain. Well, I will email when I can.
    Maria

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ewester

    ewester says

    Hi Dawn - This is really fun. Portable Childhoods is a collection of short stories. I loved the book. As I was reading it, I kept having these impulses to dog-ear pages or write on sticky notes to give you little clues about why I liked each one. Alas, I was usually bumping along on the train. Many of her stories end with a fantastical twist, fun surprises. One of my favorites, though, is purely real. She writes about her daughter, to whom she refers, lovingly,as "the child" . It's wonderful. I'll try to get a picture of me soon. I'm not so fond of the white mummy with my name under it.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • ewester

    ewester says

    Ah - I figured out how to view your shelf. We have read a couple of the same books! My sister just told me ablut one called The Hummingbird's Daughter. Sound intriguing. Have you come across it?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • ewester

    ewester says

    Well, I poked around the house and found a few of the books I've read over the past few years. Pathetically few, however, all of them so good, so memorable. Am reading on the train commute again - MY fifteen minutes. I look longingly, yet satisfyingly, at the stack by my bed. I know there's more good stuff waiting.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • ewester

    ewester says

    Ha. I figured this much out! How fun!! The comments you posted are themselves inspiring. I love books but tend to deny myself good adult literature during the school year. Thanks for inviting me to this site, and I will visit as often as possible.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Brenna Corbit

    Brenna Corbit says

    Dawn, if you are into African American fiction read Richard Wright's Black Boy. It is a powerful book.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Brenna Corbit

    Brenna Corbit says

    I do not see Joseph Campbell's book on that shelf!!!!!!!!!!!!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Kimberlin

    Kimberlin says

    Hi Dawn! Thanks for your kind comments! I somehow missed your note on my page since I wasn't in for a while. Please stop by to say hi the next time you are in the library. I loved your comment about reading to be inspired. I have to admit that recently I have read for comfort, but usually it is to expand my viewpoint and knowledge -- and sometmes to give myself good talking points politically! :-) I never know when to mention religion, so thank you very much for the positive comments.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    interesting start on a shelf, i will check back to see how you fill it, good luck on the lit thing:)

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )


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