Having wealth gives you privileges–including the ability to buy the most expensive Kindle books on the planet. If the highest price is your true goal, you should start by purchasing nonfiction: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: $16,870 ($.97/page) At just under a dollar per page, this encyclopedia is a steal. While the […]
It’s January 23rd and I may have finalized my New Year’s resolutions. Maybe. No, I’m not a slacker. True, I didn’t start thinking about my New Year’s goals until January 1st, when I jotted some thoughts down in a notebook. But those thoughts were were not etched in stone–on the contrary, they were illegibly penned […]
It’s easy to get caught up in consumerism at this time of year, and to put material possessions–both the giving and gaining of them–above everything else. As a family, we made the decision that this would be a light Christmas. In part, it’s for the cost savings, but in part it’s a philosophical decision. Yet […]
This is my first Talk Like Jane Austen Day. And I think I’m ready for it. Copy of the complete works of Jane Austen? Check. Love for old, big words and talking in formal, complex sentences? Check. Excited to go fangirl on an author who has been dead for almost 200 years? Check. Liked the […]
Today’s post is on all things Jane Austen. First, my Ignite Phoenix presentation, second, a bunch of Jane Austen pages I added to my website, and third, an Austenland review. Ignite Phoenix Friday, October 18th, I’m presenting at Ignite Phoenix on Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen and the Art of Argument. There are presentations on everything from […]