Kristin Schell
On the banks of the River Liffey sits the oldest independent bookshop in Dublin. The Winding Stair greets strangers, foreigners toting passports from here and there, with welcome and wonder. Small and peculiar, the landmark—named after the Yeats poem— offers an eclectic collection of new and second-hand books to a clientele as diverse as its titles. Downstairs amidst the pages,…
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I believe you can judge a book by it’s cover. I also more than suspect you can gauge much about a person’s life—their passion, pursuits, and priorities from perusing their bookshelves. If we were judging that is. My bookshelves will no doubt cause the Littles to scratch their heads one day. To further the analogy, I’m an open book. I…
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I picked up The Family Dinner on a whim at Costco a couple weeks ago. I’m a sucker for good looking book covers and the title of this cheery, bright yellow book had me at family dinner. A day or so later I started reading the book. I devoured it in one sitting. No pun intended. The premise of the…
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