Worshipping at the Brooklyn Library Altar

  “The library was a little old shabby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith. February is Library Lovers Day — and not only do I love libraries, but I also credit the Kensington … Read more

When A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN meets a farm in Iowa: MILK WITHOUT HONEY

“I’m looking for possible blurbs to be published on the back or inside cover of my 90-year-old mother’s novel,” Michelle Hoover wrote on Facebook. “Her health is precarious, she’s isolated in a care facility in Iowa, and I want to do something that raises her spirits and makes true one of her dreams, or as … Read more

Worshipping at the Library Altar

“The library was a little old shabby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith. February is Library Lovers Day—and not only do I love libraries, I credit the Kensington branch of the … Read more