Would You Sit Down?

As someone who skips most of my lunch breaks at work and catches myself eating standing up at the kitchen sink, I’d like to try something different.

fun extras, lifestyle, travelMadeleine KleppingerOctober 23, 2024Comment

Please Skip to the Good Part: A Book Review of Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Would you ever read the last page first?

book reviews, fiction, novelMadeleine KleppingerSeptember 14, 2024 Comments

A Late Train

When the delay of the trains had eclipsed the time that we were supposed to be arriving in Paris the root cause had been flashing headlines at the bottom of every TV screen for over an hour.

travel, nonfictionMadeleine KleppingerAugust 30, 2024Comment

Allez!

A babble of French and English broke out as we tried to come up with a solution.

lifestyle, nonfiction, travelMadeleine KleppingerAugust 23, 2024Comment

Desert Sanctuary

They had just entered the most beautiful cathedral, and he was asking her to close her eyes.

short storyMadeleine KleppingerJuly 24, 2024Comment

Racing to the Olympics

"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirits."

~Wilma Rudolph

fun extras, lifestyle, travelMadeleine KleppingerJuly 19, 2024Comment

How to say "no" to a book - Rejecting a Recommendation

Before chucking that TBR book. Ask yourself, why couldn’t I finish this?

fun extras, lifestyleMadeleine KleppingerJune 7, 2024Comment

Split Identity : A Book Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and The Women by Kristin Hannah

Women who try to erase their past, only end up erasing themselves.

book reviews, fictionMadeleine KleppingerMay 23, 2024Comment

The Snow Globe

Every detail mocked Jordan. Fake swirling snow. Groomed evergreens without one broken branch. Even the breeze felt like an oscillating fan by its measured rhythm of bursts and whooshes.

short story, fictionMadeleine KleppingerMay 17, 2024 Comments