Reading Together now in Mexico
February 2, 2026
Reading Together has “lived” in the United States, Europe and now finds herself in Mexico. My “musings”/ blog now comes from the many experiences I have been fortunate to engage with since 2020. My intent continues to be promoting reading for pleasure, which means reading with deep comprehension. Don’t settle! No need to be content to love reading and then find yourself frustrated with having little recall and retention. Reading is a powerful skill for how else can you gain access to the wisdom of the smartest people who have even lived? Readers see the world from the viewpoint of someone else, protecting you from the mistakes and untruths of others as well as your own ignorance. A little boy in Kindergarten asked his teacher if he could teach him to fly. The teacher responded—Oh yes! In school you will learn to read which will transport you wherever want to go, even into the future or back to the past. Become the life long reader you deserve to become.
Challenge yourself
September 10, 2020
The world has changed in ways we never could have anticipated. We are challenged in unprecedented ways and yet I am encouraging all of us, children and adults to take that extra step. When it comes to reading, most of us choose books we are quite sure we will like; we are familiar with their […]
Inspiration begins with “I wonder”
January 20, 2020
Wistawa Szymborska, in her 1996 Nobel Laureate acceptance talk spoke of the people in the world whom inspiration visits. Though these people are blessed, inspiration has little to do with luck. She speaks of the how inspiration is born from a continuous “ I don’t know.” Readers are in a continuous state of I don’t […]
Reading & optimizing brain function
October 7, 2019
The value of reading fiction is receiving much attention these days and research suggests that people who read fiction are better at thinking creatively and they have more insight about others and their perspectives. In addition, brain science tells us that fiction, reading and talking about a story is an activity that helps integrate the […]
Reading as a powerful skill
July 30, 2019
If you were given the choice between the power of flying, invisibility or being able to read, which power would you choose? As intriguing as the first two might be, I think reading wins hands down in terms of granting you access to the wisdom of the smartest people who ever lived. Reading might just […]
