Arden Review: Detour Down Desperation Road (author interview included)

Book: Detour Down Desperation Road Author: Ann Renigar Hiatt, Ph.D. Genre: Nonfiction Basic Description:  One day your loved one begins forgetting things and you realize that it is more than normal aging. You don’t know where to go or what to do. Dr. Ann’s stories place you into the emotional and physical pressures on loving people whoContinue reading “Arden Review: Detour Down Desperation Road (author interview included)”

Arden Recommends: One Happy Divorce

Book: One Happy Divorce: Hold the Bulls#!t Author: Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub Genre: Nonfiction, Relationships Basic Description:  One Happy Divorce-Hold the Bulls#!t evolved from The Truth Hurvitz, the relationship blog by Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub, and it’s as real as it gets. We all know divorce is tough, but it doesn’t have to be miserable! A happy exContinue reading “Arden Recommends: One Happy Divorce”

WBTV Segment from September 25, 2017

  Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone  by Brené Brown The Hundred Story Home: A Journey of Homelessness, Hope, and Healing by Kathy Izard Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger As I continue to watch so much strife unfold on social media, I want to encourage whoever isContinue reading “WBTV Segment from September 25, 2017”

Arden Recommends: Volunteering

Poverty. Of adults with the lowest literacy levels, 43 percent live in poverty, and 70% of adult welfare recipients have low literacy levels. There is a clear correlation between more education and higher earnings, and between higher educational scores and higher earnings. — Adult Literacy Facts I first became aware of how low literacy cripplesContinue reading “Arden Recommends: Volunteering”