by Carol Morrison | Nov 24, 2020 | Essays, The Biblio File
THANKS I grew up hearing Doris Day singing, “When you’re worried, and you can’t sleep, count your blessings instead of sheep”, on my parents’ radio. Later on, in my wild and crazy thirties, when I finally went to AA, I must have heard “Change your...
by Carol Morrison | Nov 24, 2020 | Book Reviews
“The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka I’ve had a hard time settling into reading. I’ve recently started two books and gave up on them because they had too many characters for me to keep straight. On impulse, after reading a review, I...
by Carol Morrison | Oct 3, 2020 | Essays, The Biblio File
THE FOUR A’S I learned St. Julian of Norwich’s Body Prayer in March, right before Ed got every parent’s worst nightmare of a phone call from our son in law, telling him that Sigrid, Ed’s daughter and my stepdaughter, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Two...
by Carol Morrison | Oct 2, 2020 | Book Reviews
“Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” by Father Gregory Boyle A friend mailed this book to me a few weeks after I got to California. I’d had a hard time reading anything other than recipes and creative substitutes for ingredients,...
by Carol Morrison | Oct 22, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File October 2018 Essay: “Boo!” BOO! “Vestal virgins must be accompanied by knights or clergy, or come at their own risk,” the Halloween party invitation said. Ed and I lived in Jackson, Mississippi then, and had been a couple for about a year. We...
