Reading is not only about a book in hand. Reading is about the places books can take us. Reading is also an experience. Some books will remind you of a specific phase in your life. Some make you remember the ones who gifted them to you. Others take you back to a place. My reading…
This month, I added another UNESCO World Heritage Site to the Reading Around the World Trail. I visited the UNESCO Villa Ocampo Observatory, in the town of Béccar, in Buenos Aires. Villa Ocampo was once the home of the writer, Victoria Ocampo, an Argentine writer, advocate, and intellectual nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature…
How soothing it is, to the body’s nervous system, to grab a paperback and travel to a place of retreat. You want to find somewhere away from the stresses of life, but also someplace with something new to experience. The body is willing, the mind feels equipped, and the senses are freed to participate—you have…
One of my favorite things to do while on a solo reading retreat is to learn from a country. I love the charm and architecture of old cities. I enjoy browsing their bookstores and museums and walking their cobblestone streets. There is something safe and serene about taking a walk through a place where time…