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.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson is an epic poem about King Arthur and the Knights of the round table. They search for the Holy Grail which is an allegory for material possessions. SPOILER ALERT: most only find wandering fires. 🔥 😉 . . . Yes, I read this. And would probably read … Continue reading Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️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
Hello Everyone, As some of you know I have an extensive collection of old books--the pic above is only one shelf of four. 😂. They are so beautiful, and the ones I've read have stayed with me for years, so I started a little Instagram blog called, 'Books and Lost Stories.' I recently got a … Continue reading Find me on Instagram!! @booksandloststories
For writers
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In memory of 9/11
"Our machinery was never quite what it should have been, but we had planned and built the factory ourselves and thought highly of it." -Isak Dinesen Out Of Africa; 1937
Introducing a new look to MissSissinghurst.com! As of March 25th, 2018 we have changed our site to Vintage House Publications due to the publishing of my first novel Proper Mourning: A Legend's Tale. It is my debut novel and until June 21st it will only be sold on Amazon.com. I'm looking to get some more … Continue reading New Look, New Book…
Another vine which is giving me great pleasure at the moment is Vitis heterophylla, an East Asian. You can't eat it, but you can pick it and put it in a little glass on your table, where its curiously coloured berries and deeply cut leaves look oddly artificial, more like a spray designed by a … Continue reading Porcelain Berry Bright…
