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I wanted you all to know that I invited some of my friends and family to this blog. I want you to feel free to invite some of your friends and family as well. Please let me know if there is someone that you want me to invite.
For all of the new people...
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We are currently reading "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle. Most of us are about 4 chapters in at this point. We welcome all questions, comments, thoughts, ideas, etc. at "The Gathering Place." I hope that you join us in any way that you can. :o)
I hope that you enjoy this experience as much as I do!
~Erika
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. ~Aristotle
Our Favorite Books
- A New Earth
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- I Know This Much is True
- Life of Pi
- Possible Side Effects
- Prep
- She's Come Undone
- The Center of Everything
- The Gathering of Old Men
- The Kite Runner
- The Poisonwood Bible
- The Road
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Toddler Reading
The love of reading...
My Favorite
There once was a tree and she loved a little boy
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Reading is a Beautiful Thing!
When I look back, I am so impressed againwith the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense ofmyself in the world, I would do that again by reading,just as I did when I was young.~ Maya Angelou ~
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
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