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Recommended to me by: My college roommate In times of extreme stress, my college roommate gathered a group of us together and read aloud this delightful, illustrated, untraditional fairytale. She tracked down a used copy for me, and it is one of my treasured possessions. As an antidote to extreme election anxiety, I read […] Subtitle: Tending Body and Soul through Creativity, Nature, and Intuition Recommended to me by: Robyn Posin As I started reading, I was relieved to discover that Naomi Ardea has thoughtfully structured her book so that it is inviting rather than overwhelming. Stories about her healing process are interspersed with her abstract paintings, peaceful nature […] Subtitle: Exploring Beverly Cleary’s Portland A 3 mile walking tour of Beverly Cleary’s neighborhood, starting at the statues of Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins and Ribsy at Grant Park. The directions are easy to follow and the information is carefully researched and entertainingly presented. The neighborhood itself is full of gorgeous old houses and […] Subtitle: Celebrating 30 Years, An Anthology of We’Moon Art and Writing Recommended to me by: gift from a friend We’Moon, now in its 35th year, is an feminist astrological datebook that centers the moon cycles rather than the sun cycles. This anthology contains the extraordinary history of this project, as well as sample art […] Recommended to me by: Running across a MultCoLib blog post about the book and being a longtime fan of Stan Rogers and this song “Northwest Passage” on youtube Go listen! Stan Rogers was a Canadian folk music luminary, writing and performing songs with wonderful lyrics and harmonies. Sadly, he died back in 1983 in […] Subtitle: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others This book describes and offers solutions for the secondary trauma of working to address trauma and injustice. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky shares her own experiences as a trauma social worker as well as a wide range of detailed profiles of other helping […] Subtitle: An Allergen-Free Approach to Managing Chronic Illness Recommended to me by: a friend This cookbook feels less scientifically authoritarian and more personally friendly. “This worked for me, see if it worked for you.” Also, the photographs are beautiful and enticing. Unfortunately, most of the recipes have garlic and/or onion, which don’t seem to […] Subtitle: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body Recommended to me by: a friend This is a textbook sized book with science textbook’s density of information. It contains detailed information about the immune system, digestive system, and scientific studies about the effects of food on both systems. I will admit I skimmed a lot […] I had this book as a kid. I remembered it because it has a character named Sonya, which is the only place I ever saw my name in a book, even spelled wrong differently. Well, until Crime and Punishment, but that was much later. Representation is important! I also remembered an overall warm feeling about […] Subtitle: A Practice for Counting the Omer Recommended to me by: Kol Aleph – Jewish Renewal Omer Offerings Online I tried Counting the Omer this year, moving through the sephirot of the Kabbalah in all their pairings over 49 days. I quickly found that I needed a woman’s voice to guide me through this […] |