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Chasing Eden by Howard Mansfield

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »

It seems like it was just yesterday I was writing about Howard Mansfield’s last book, The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down. Believe it or not, that was in 2018. (Quick aside, I realized today I’ve been writing this blog since 2007 — where does the time go?) Mansfield’s new book, Chasing Eden: a […]

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The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down by Howard Mansfield

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 6, 2018| 1 Comment »

I’ve written about a number of Howard Mansfield’s books over the years here at bookconscious. Today on the bus back and forth to Boston I finished his latest, The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down, and I’m pleased to report that like all of his writing, it is both a delightful read and one that […]

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Sheds by Howard Mansfield & the new Harry Potter

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 13, 2016| 3 Comments »

It was too hot to do anything more taxing than turn a page last night. So I read. Howard Mansfield is one of my favorite writers, and his latest book, Sheds is a kind of visual companion to the previous one, Dwelling In Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter.  Joanna Eldredge Morrissey, the staff photographer at […]

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The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2018| 1 Comment »

Longtime bookconscious readers know I am a fan of New Hamsphire authors Sy Montgomery and Howard Mansfield. I’ve written about their work several times on the blog and in the Mindful Reader column. Recently my good friend and fellow book lover Juliana gifted me with The Good Good Pig: the Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood. We each […]

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Three books that have been waiting for me: Tamed & Untamed, Summer Over Autumn, Jam Today (revised edition!)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 17, 2017| 3 Comments »

During the time that I worked as the events coordinator at my local indie bookstore (Gibson’s in Concord) and then wrote a book review column (for the Concord Monitor and later for the New Hampshire Union Leader) I had the pleasure of getting to correspond with authors of all kinds of books, and their publicists. […]

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September’s Mindful Reader column

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 8, 2013| 1 Comment »

Today’s book section of the Concord Monitor includes an “oral history” from Maxine Kumin introduced by Mike Pride, an interview Hillary Nelson did with Paul Harding, and my column. Perhaps because the section was so full, the end of my column was lopped off. So here’s the link, but you can read the original version […]

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Coming up in September’s Mindful Reader

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on August 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I’m finishing up the column for September, which will run on 9/8 in the Concord Monitor. I’m reviewing Howard Mansfield‘s Dwelling In Possibility: Searching for the Soul of Shelter and wrote shorter reviews of: Abigail Carroll‘s history book Three Squares: the Invention of the American Meal Susan Crowther‘s The No Recipe Cookbook: a Beginner’s Guide to the Art of […]

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Poetry, Proust, time and place

Posted in books, interconnectedness, life learning, poetry, reading, seeking, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 7, 2010| 2 Comments »

September is a blur. Beyond the usual tumult of kids’ activities ramping up, a new academic year, and my own busy life working at Gibson’s and volunteering for Concord Reads, refugee ministry, and other sundry causes, I am also caught up in The Teenager’s college application process. When you homeschool, you’re the school on the […]

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