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Award-winning Images – Two Contests – Toby A. Smith
Nature dazzles me! Take two minutes to explore the winners of two photography contests. In the image above, photographer Piet Haaksma captures water droplets clinging to garden moss in the Netherlands. Which to me looks like some kind of futuristic skyline. To see the other winners in the Close-up Photographer of the Year competition, click…
Buddhism for Beginners – by Judith Yandell – independent book review – non-fiction – Toby A. Smith
There are many, many introductory books about Buddhism with similar titles so, if you're interested in this one, you might want to note this book's full title: BUDDHISM FOR BEGINNERS: PLAIN AND SIMPLE GUIDE TO BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY INCLUDING ZEN TEACHINGS, TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION. Quite a mouthful but it actually lives up to its…
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue – by Julie Satow – independent book review – non-fiction – Toby A. Smith
A non-fiction account of some of the women who held important leadership positions at some of the biggest stores in New York. It also serves as a birth-to-death history of the big department store era
Looking for Jane – by Heather Marshall – independent book review – Historical Fiction (Canada, United States) – Toby A. Smith
Author Heather Marshall says this book is about motherhood, rather than abortion. But it's really about both. And adoption too. It's also about women, autonomy, justice, and perseverance.