• Innie or Outie? Quiet: The Power of Introverts {Great Reads}

    Quiet Book Cover

    The Power of Introverts Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Or are you both? What’s the power of introverts? I’ve always considered myself an extrovert. Those who know me would agree. Comparing two seemingly opposite personality sides I strike up conversations in public. I strike up conversations with teenagers…

  • Foolsgold…. {Great Reads}

    After reading poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, I couldn’t wait to read Foolsgold, another visit into Ms. Wooldridge’s wordpool and its impact on others (and herself). Ordered while still in the earliest chapters of poemcrazy, I anticipated more delicious conversation by an approachable author whose love of collecting, love of words, and love of collecting…

  • poemcrazy…. {Great Reads}

    Dear Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, You had me at, “I’m a collector of many things.” Proudly stated in the opening chapter of her book, Wooldridge’s lead-in to her collection of words starts by revealing she’s a collector of a great many things. Hmmmm….. feels familiar….. Add her thoughts on the writing style of e.e. cummings (irreverent, playing…