Per the OED: Banal: Commonplace, common, trite; trivial, petty It’s rather a late word, borrowed from the French, and came to English in the ...

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It is my pleasure to introduce you to Laura Alary and her fascinating biography of Cecilia Payne. I read many picture book biographies sent to me for ...

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In my post about where to travel in France after Paris, one of the regions I recommend is Provence — an area I’ve now visited (along with the ...

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I’m currently reading Julius Caesar by Philip Freeman. There are many lessons in Caesar’s story, but here I want to share one about the importance of ...

I thought Love wasA sideways feeling, my heart reaching outLike a flower for the pane of sunlightLike a diver lunging for that sapphire gulp of airLike my ...

  This year was an incredibly challenging but also an amazingly awesome one as well. The best way to describe the type of year I had is ...