by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 6, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
Do you ever just need to read something that makes you feel inspired? Well this book does it! Dream More by Dolly Parton was based on a commencement speech Parton was asked to give at the University of Tennessee in 2009; it was everything she didn’t get to say. As...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 4, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
Think Like a Horse by Grant Golliher is an inspirational book for anyone, regardless of whether they are trying to run a large company or a happy home. Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult. People are like horses in that you can’t corner them and...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 26, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Education, Opinions
I have been working on my mental health most of my life. The first time I saw a counselor was when I was 5-years-old. I wasn’t handling the death of my great-grandmother well, so I began seeing the school counselor. I was never a stranger to the school counselor. Once...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 22, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
Walking on the Wind Cherokee Teachings for Harmony & Balance by Michael Tlanusta Garrett was a joy to read not just because of the short stories and anecdotes but the great and simple wisdom found on every page. It was a book I didn’t want to end and look forward...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 11, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
In the Name of Gucci A Memoir is written by Patricia Gucci, the daughter of Aldo Gucci and Bruna Palombo. The Gucci brand was first created by Patricia’s grandfather, Guccio Gucci, whom she never met, in 1921 under the name G. GUCCI & Co. The First Gucci Logo was...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 6, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros was a wonderful surprise. this was the second book I have read by this author and this book is very different from Carmelo. As a collection of short stories, The House on Mango Street tells about the all the families and...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 4, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
I bought Born Standing Up A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin with my wife, Karen G Clemenson, in mind. I enjoy Steve Martin but Karen really loves him. She has been so busy so I got to this book first and I have really enjoyed the conversational manner that Martin writes....
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 31, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
If you are looking for an adventure, Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a perfect literary escapade. Life of Pi starts out fascinating to me, a child raised in the United States and not in India and not the child of zookeepers. “In many ways, running a zoo is a...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 21, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
I knew nothing of Gandhi when I began reading Gandhi An Autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mohandas K. Gandhi. I had no idea he had died in 1948, well before my parents were born. I knew people quoted him, but really that was about it and as I...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 8, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
The latest book I have devoured, The Lost Apothecary A Novel by Sarah Penner, was a wonderful juggling act between two worlds. Nella’s world in 1791 London and Caroline’s world in present day Ohio traveling to London. Both women have been hurt by their love interests...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 3, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
I just finished this amazing book called The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. It sucked me in and I could hardly think of anything else for the 3 afternoons it took me to devour it. I also loved that it had short chapters so I could read a chapter between tasks. The...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 1, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Education, Opinions
I loved the book, The Watchmakers by Harry Lenga and Scott Lenga, and devoured all 262 pages in one afternoon. I simply could not put it down. There was also a glossary, sources and endnotes that I used and or skimmed as needed. I have to admit this book sat for 3...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jun 22, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
We Are Not Like Them is a novel written by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza. Like the writers, the main characters are women, one black and one white. Riley and Jenny have been friends since they were little girls. Jenny’s single mom was a free spirit who often enjoyed...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jun 18, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Education, Opinions
“I learned a strange thing — that in a jumble of unintelligible talk the word “nigger” leaps out with electric clarity. You always hear it and always it stings. And always it casts the person using it into a category of brute, ignorance.” John Howard Griffin, Black...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jun 16, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
“You fix your world by fixing yourself first.” Laurie Ruettmann, Betting on You: How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career, 2021 So I won this book as a giveaway on Goodreads and I picked it with my wife, Karen G Clemenson, in mind,...
by Summer D Clemenson | May 25, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Education, Opinions
I bought A Return to Love back when Marianne Williamson was running for president in 2020 but I didn’t get around to reading it until now. I actually think I wasn’t ready to read it until this time in my life and I am really glad I was able to absorb it in this time...
by Summer D Clemenson | May 11, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews
I have been sick for a long time. I have many chronic illnesses but the one I am praising God for letting me know about is migraines because since I have been treating them, I have got the gift of being able to read back. In the past month I have read 4 books and I am...
by Summer D Clemenson | Apr 23, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Life, Opinions, Wellness
Love Does is the name of the latest book I read by author, Bob Goff. “That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it,” wrote Goff. All 224 pages of this bright blue book with colorful balloons that don...
by Summer D Clemenson | May 29, 2021 | Book & Product Reviews, Life, Opinions
I read this book yesterday. It only has 64 pages so I drank two cups of green tea with honey, from my friend Heike, to help with my allergies and digested the words in this book. The depth of the belief in God, or the Great Mystery, as their Higher Power, is enough to...
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 6, 2017 | Book & Product Reviews
Chapter 15: Outward Focused Lives Apathy: lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern A version of Christianity that is safe, isolated and dispassionate has created people who are complacent and comfortable and will not be able to bring justice through change. A missional...
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 3, 2017 | Book & Product Reviews
“One of our great God-given purposes on earth is to right the scales of justice for all.” Palmer Chinches, PhD JUSTICE IS A TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE Spiritual formation is a transformation of the soul a change of mind a change of emotions a change of volition a new way...
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