HI THERE! I'M BRIANNE TURCZYNSKI, FREELANCE WRITER, HISTORICAL RESEARCHER, & PERPETUAL SEEKER OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. WELCOME TO MY SPACE WHERE I SHARE THE BOOKS I'M READING, MY SPIRITUAL FINDINGS, FLOWERS IN MY GARDEN, AND LOST STORIES. ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.
In 1835 a Mr. Hayden W. Dooley journaled this inside Vol. 2 of Hawks of Hawk Hollow, a play by Robert Montgomery Bird, while waiting for a train: . . “Arrived here at Hamilton at 9 o’clock and being just 5 minutes too late for the Oxford train the next thing is to prepare ourselves … Continue reading Lost Story: 💕 Finding inscriptions in #oldbooks!! #Read this one from 1835!
I will share with you my first journal entry I wrote after reading this book which is one of the four Gospels. Starts with a quote then my thoughts: . . “Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." - John 3:3 . … Continue reading Reviewing the book of John
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss I set a backdrop of all my previous versions of my first novel, which I could not get published, so I went the kdp route (though I have been traditionally published since). I think I’ve edited it 100 times now (including formatting) and being my first book … Continue reading Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
⭐️⭐️ Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner. Did anyone like it? Anyone? I felt as if I were in that dark shuttered-up parlor the whole time with that old woman character—like for real. That’s how the story was, very dark, not in feeling but rather in what I could see of the story and what I … Continue reading Absalom, Absalom! By William Faulkner
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary will be the most romantic, beautifully written diary you’ll ever read!! This book is referenced throughout Winston Groom’s Shiloh where he highlights the love story between Josie, a Kentuckian, and a confederate soldier, Tom Grafton. I fell in love with this and often think of writing a musical play for … Continue reading Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Beautiful in its simplicity is The Old Man and The Sea. I really enjoyed this book! Nothing really going on yet questions are raised and answers are given in a short span of time. A book about an old man’s perseverance holding on to the biggest catch of his life. He is painted as a … Continue reading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ As the summer draws to a close I’m compelled to remember the stages of my garden with Mr. Charles Dudley Warner. In 1870 he documented one summer in his garden recording every week. He talks about women voting, his neighbor Harriet Beecher Stowe, the visit to his garden by Ulysses … Continue reading My Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudley Warner
In memory of 9/11
I write this note far from home, on a not unenviable expedition which involves wandering round other people's gardens. -Vita Sackville-West August 17th, 1947 In Your Garden This summer we have done our usual expeditions. We have gone to the family cottage a couple times on the East side of the state, and also to … Continue reading Expeditions: MICHIGAN SUMMER
My liking for gardens to be lavish is an inherent part of my garden philosophy. I like generosity wherever I find it, whether in gardens or elsewhere. -Vita Sackville-West March 26, 1950 In the quote above she speaks of pruning. From her books I gather that Vita thought pruning in the Spring a foolish way … Continue reading Life After Deadheading
BRIANNE TURCZYNSKI 