Category Archives: Biographies

I Could Tell You Stories by Rebecca Tsaros Dickson

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Miss Ash

Four flurs. Because I know her like I know myself. And I just met her. Because she writes what I think but fear to say. Because she reminds me of the life before this, and it’s painful. And because I love the pain. It’s real, and it’s passion. Continue reading →

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Juuump

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Miss Ash

Have I told you all lately how much I love that I finally have the time to read?!? It’s such a simple thing, something I’ve been doing since I was a wee bit.  And ever since I taught myself from … Continue reading →

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Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Miss Ash

Shortly after the fall of the Taliban, an American hairdresser from Michigan decides to go to Afghanistan with an aid organization. While she’s there, she realizes that one significant way she can help the women of this culture to succeed, … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Miss Ash

My initial reaction to Eat, Pray, Love is that I’m enamored.  I’m enamored with Elizabeth, and I’m enamored with her ability to tell a story in conversational prose filled with scrumptious vocabulary and delicate reality. Truthfully, I’ve been avoiding this … Continue reading →

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Buddha by Karen Armstrong

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Miss Ash

This is a complete biography of the legend known as the Buddha.  It covers his revolutionary changes and how they related to the other popular dharmas at his time.  This is an examination of Buddhism in its purest form, as … Continue reading →

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