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.
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
No book review today, but I wanted to share with you an old relic... remnants of the Dewey decimal filing system!! 💕 An archaic method of finding book call numbers before computers. A system which almost turned me off books forever! I remember I was in second or third grade when the librarians showed us … Continue reading The Dewey Decimal Files
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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
Enjoy these pictures of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit! Part of Genesis is a lesson about diversity & inclusion. It is 50 chapters. I have 20 pages of notes on it, but I will try to explain what I got out of it to the best of my ability. I hope I can do … Continue reading Bible Talk: Brief intro to Genesis
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love learning about the composers, most of which were out of their minds! Out of the most popular, Rachmaninoff was the most sane, but his music was considered too mainstream and safe, aka boring, to his fellow composers. . . . . This book is very thick but very good and informative. However … Continue reading The Lives of the Great Composers! By Harold C. Schonberg
Find me on Instagram, @booksandloststories He guards the books. I read them. .... Happy Saturday!!! ... What are you reading today?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️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
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
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What about Tropaeolum speciosum, the flame nasturtium, with brilliant red trumpets among the small dark leaves? This is the glory of Scottish gardens... -Vita Sackville-West In Your Garden November 24, 1946 Something rather peculiar happened when I was planning my garden back in April. I knew I wanted to plant seeds, two in particular; the … Continue reading Vita’s Wish For Nasturtium…
BRIANNE TURCZYNSKI 