Author Archives: Sonya Schryer Norris

Of Rabbits, Friends and Lovers

Hubby and I are usually reading a book together. In fact, our relationship started with a book club for 2. We would read titles on our own and then talk about them. Now, I usually read books aloud for us, although sometimes titles are on cassette or CD. We just finished HP7 and are onContinueContinue reading “Of Rabbits, Friends and Lovers”

GenreJump:Classics: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

I’m not saying she should have stayed, but I can’t be her trumpeter either. ******* The Awakening is the story of a very privileged woman who decides to leave her husband and children and have brief affairs, sketch, and live off her private wealth. The book doesn’t frame it that way – according to Chopin,ContinueContinue reading “GenreJump:Classics: The Awakening by Kate Chopin”

Legend of Hubby

  On my recent trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes, I told the legend of the dunes to Jim and Joyce, our guests from out of state, who were unfamiliar with it Long, long ago, before voyageurs paddled canoes down rivers and streams, before mighty lumbermen cleared forests with sharp, shiny axes, before wooden ships carriedContinueContinue reading “Legend of Hubby”

Motocycle Road Trip

This weekend two friends from Wisconsin came to visit. They’re on an 8-day motorcycle trip across Michigan and we tagged along for two days up to Cadillac and then the Sleeping Bear Dunes. This is Joyce, AKA Bad Mama Milwaukee. She cleans out her fingernails with a switchblade. This is Jim, his buzz cut isContinueContinue reading “Motocycle Road Trip”

Passing This Along from LISNews.org

Follow-up On That Colorado Library Loot By birdie on Craigslist The library director speaks about the atrocious theft of books and media from Colorado libraries, reported earlier at LISNews. The thief, Thomas Pilaar, 33, was suspected of using different names to obtain seven library cards from the Denver Public Library, then checking out 300 itemsContinueContinue reading “Passing This Along from LISNews.org”