Author: Abbigail Kriebs
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Story in Review: Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling
Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling is a little book created from a big speech: Rowling’s 2008 commencement speech at Harvard University (you can read the speech on Harvard’s site here, and watch the video of the speech here). As with all things written by J.K. Rowling, the speech is full of nuggets of wisdom and…
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When Readers Listen: Outrage Culture
Last month in the first blog of this new series, I confessed that I was not a podcast listener. I had tried to listen to them in the past and it just didn’t work for me. Now? A month later, I am a podcast listener. I’m pretty sure it’s entirely because of the Greenlight Bookstore…
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50 Hikes in Wisconsin: #33 Indian Lake County Park
I think this was my favorite hike we’ve done yet as part of the #50HikesWI project. Hike #33 was Indian Lake County Park, just outside of Cross Plains, Wisconsin. In addition to being a lovely day – not quite too warm, and just enough breeze – the hike was a combination of prairie, woods, hills,…