Tag Archives: culture and heritage

Looking at the past and laughing about My Zany Life

Posted on July 25, 2016 by moonbridgebooks

Do you like hilarious true stories? Last year, I featured Ivanka di Felice and her delightful first book, a memoir titled A Zany Slice of Italy, about adapting to life in a new country with new relatives. Ivanka has recently … Continue reading →

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“Stories lessen the distance between us”

Posted on January 31, 2016 by moonbridgebooks

That’s what our church’s youth leader said this morning during his testimony about his time as a Marine in Iraq and how we can learn that others that seem so different are so much alike. During January we were learning … Continue reading →

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Some stories need to be shouted out loud

Posted on August 9, 2015 by moonbridgebooks

What a week it’s been. Besides the ugly news headlines that appear regularly these days, we’ve had the annual remembrances of the terrible suffering caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As controversial as the bombings were, we can … Continue reading →

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