Meeting to discuss this particular book, examining its literary variety, the plots' breadth, the constant of Mother Nature, enhanced its richness.  This was a good one to kick around together.

Here are this month's suggested topics to begin conversations with others. Where it goes is up to you!

our book club nailed another book that “we would not ordinarily seek out on our own“, forcing us to consider this difficult stain on America

Baby boomers have enjoyed a financial fixture of declining interest rates for about forty years.  Declining interest rates drive down the...

Bill had recommended Boyd , published in 2002, based on a recommendation through his wife, possibly related to their son’s being an Army...

the mental health pandemic our young people have been struck by is worse than anything we have faced as a free society.

Dostoevsky has a well founded reputation as a giant of western literature for his use of the novel to explore emergent ‘enlightened’...

The Bonnie Lea Book Club met to discuss Mustafa Suleiman’s book The Coming Wave.  We began our discussion with a question on why did we...

Our book club organized our review by concentrating on the highlights of most of its 10 chapters. The content was so rich that we only...

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Demons is a story about forces within a small Russian town beset by conflict and intrigue, while showcasing...

Patagonia is a vast unspoiled area spanning two countries at the bottom of the Americas. A Columbian friend who recently visited...

The Bonnie Lea Book Club met with a full house for Beverly Gage’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, G-man, the Story of J. Edgar Hoover and...

I recently returned from our first trip to Turkey, and came away with great memories, and new appreciation of Turkey and the Turkish...

When the cold weather comes in hard, it's safer to stay inside and let it pass. But for those who want to experience the outdoors as it...

I recently hiked a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in Maine known as the “100 Mile Wilderness” with my two sons; and even being...

My son is hiking the Appalachian Trail this spring, so I decided to join him for a week while I’m old enough to appreciate it, but still...

We were on a skiing vacation the week before the Coronavirus popped, and this is the story of getting home to deal with it here. With the...

Looking back on the Teens, or the Tens, gives perspective on an incredible decade. It began deep in the throes of the financial disaster...

The backbone of New Zealand’s south island are the spectacular Southern Alps, the home to many glaciers. Two of these are easily...

A trip to New Zealand for anyone from the northern hemisphere should include the treat on a clear night sky of a little southern...