As with all the great classics, they are classics for a reason, too often wasted on young people in school who cannot appreciate the lessons; they simply have not had enough life to live, to suffer, to grow, to understand viscerally.  We agreed - which we seldom do on other topics - This is a masterpiece.

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

“To judge anything, you need to know everything.  But we cannot know everything…”. 

Topol identifies five important dimensions impacting health for people of a certain age: lifestyle+, cells, omics, AI, and drugs and vaccines. Lifestyle+ are the things that we control as individuals: Diet and exercise, social engagement, mental engagement, and limited tobacco and alcohol use.

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Politicians meanwhile are always laser focused on the next election.  And that means money. 

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.

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...

Boyd the book Bill had recommended Boyd , published in 2002, based on a recommendation through his wife, maybe related to their son’s...

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...