The Tao Te Ching (pronounced more like Dow Day Jing) or “Book of the Way” is, simply put, the greatest self-help book of all time. While Lao Tzu’s words of wisdom launched Taoism and influenced Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, and Buddhism, anyone of any religion or belief system could apply its teachings and find themselves living a…
Goodreads blurb: A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow…
Goodreads blurb: Twenty-five year old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old recklessness, is usually off fighting for what matters to him or getting into mischief, often at the same…
(image: Title page of the I Ching, c. 1100 AD/CE – http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/08/73/99.html, Public Domain) As I mentioned previously in my post about the Old Chinese language, the earliest examples of written Chinese come from oracle bones, pieces of ox scapula or turtle shell that were used in divination rituals and began to include written language…
Be sure to watch episode 4 before reading my spoilerful thoughts below! (link to CBC YouTube channel above) Well, Canada, the book every Canadian should read is A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer! (Shameless plug: If any Americans would like to read this or any other Canada Reads selection, you can order…
Be sure to watch episode 3 before reading my spoilery comments below! (Link to the episode on the CBC YouTube channel above) It scared me for a second there that Dandelion might be the third to go! That wasn’t really on my bingo card, so to speak. I felt bad for Saïd having to be the…
Be sure to watch Episode 2 before reading my spoilerful comments below! (CBC YouTube link above) I really enjoyed today’s debates! No surprises to me in the results, except maybe Maggie Mac Neil’s vote against Dandelion. I thought she’d stick with Etta & Otto & Russell & James. But I think Jennie’s Boy being second to go…