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White Horse to Bucharest: Lessons Romania Taught Us
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Full Moon, Half a Heart (Celeste #2)
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Growing Toward the Sun
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A Child's Book of Bible Stories
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Holding Space
I find myself wondering what to do with this space. I'm not really a blogger. I'm not trying to sell anything. I don't have enough writerly news to post here regularly.
So here it is, almost a year since I updated my subscribers.
During this silence, my writing has suffered, but I have tried other creative pursuits.
My niece and I taught art at school this past year, spending every Wednesday goi Read more of this blog post »
So here it is, almost a year since I updated my subscribers.
During this silence, my writing has suffered, but I have tried other creative pursuits.
My niece and I taught art at school this past year, spending every Wednesday goi Read more of this blog post »
Vila’s Recent Updates
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Vila Gingerich
voted for
The Paris Apartment
as
Best Mystery & Thriller
in the
Final Round
of the
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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Vila Gingerich
voted for
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
as
Best Nonfiction
in the
Final Round
of the
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“Bucharest is a faded old gal in a raggedy coat. Once called the “Little Paris of the East,” she has long lost her finery. A few parks and buildings dream of past grandeur, but the picture is spoiled by the concrete and steel mementoes of Communism on every side.”
― White Horse to Bucharest: Lessons Romania Taught Us
― White Horse to Bucharest: Lessons Romania Taught Us
“In Romania, there is only one reason to own a pig: Christmas meat. In June, small pink loaves nuzzle up to nurse from fat sows. In August, the piglets frisk about on green grass, root for hidden treasures, and bask their plump sides in the sun. In October, they lumber up to feed troughs, grunting and shoving, their cuteness mostly a memory. In December, they die.”
― White Horse to Bucharest: Lessons Romania Taught Us
― White Horse to Bucharest: Lessons Romania Taught Us
“I wanna know something,” Lexi said. “In mystery books, clues come flying out of nowhere in every single chapter. Why is ours so slow?”
I thought a second. “Books aren't like real life, I guess. Mom says we read books to escape. Like when we read Sally-Anne books, we go back to when everyone wore saddle shoes and poodle skirts and went to soda shops.”
― Growing Toward the Sun
I thought a second. “Books aren't like real life, I guess. Mom says we read books to escape. Like when we read Sally-Anne books, we go back to when everyone wore saddle shoes and poodle skirts and went to soda shops.”
― Growing Toward the Sun
“I wanna know something,” Lexi said. “In mystery books, clues come flying out of nowhere in every single chapter. Why is ours so slow?”
I thought a second. “Books aren't like real life, I guess. Mom says we read books to escape. Like when we read Sally-Anne books, we go back to when everyone wore saddle shoes and poodle skirts and went to soda shops.”
― Growing Toward the Sun
I thought a second. “Books aren't like real life, I guess. Mom says we read books to escape. Like when we read Sally-Anne books, we go back to when everyone wore saddle shoes and poodle skirts and went to soda shops.”
― Growing Toward the Sun
