Lets all have a productive day and be joyful! I find the ideas you share on your blog very encouraging in having a sense of order when it comes to goals and priorities. Online book club read set during the era of the 1906 earthquake. Thank you for this exercise in balance, Polly. Yes, quite something to contemplate. Love your blogs colour and joyfulness and the inspiring leads, Polly. On marrying Martin, she was cut off from her family and experienced deep depression after the loss of two stillborn sons. The book centers around the massive San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but the story begins a few years before that fateful morning when Sophie Whalen answers a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride. Im so grateful for all you share with us. If I were in book club, I would definitely want to discuss moral ambiguity. What a fine piece! I think this makes for an interesting and complex read! I did not think that this was ever explained. Your vibrant art work is superb. Thanks!! I loved that it had such a strong sense of place as well as interesting characters, a mystery that surprised me, and a compelling plot. The outstanding photos and the amazing narratives made me feel I was on vacation for a few minutes each day. We are going to check on each other, and progress. Every day I look for the interesting ideas you amplify and the lovely arts you share with us. Passionate and motherly. I encourage you to freely share and forward my blogs in context, with proper attribution, and with links back to this website attached. I made your fabulous Fish Tacos and they were BEYOND delicious!! I think youd enjoy it! Thanks Polly! Your blog is full of the wonderful, multilayered colors and textures that you play with, and share so unselfishly with the world. Oh, and there is one quote from the Book of Common Prayer. This is a work of both historical fiction and mystery, woven together with characters I wont soon forget. After, she starts to unravel the lies her husband told and discovers her marriage was never what she thought. Thank you for sharing this quote. (I felt I had to do this because an acquaintance gave it terrific reviews.) I have to tell you that your spiritual to-do list was the springboard for a great talk with my older daughter. Would you have the courage to live in a tent city as you watch beloved neighborhoods burn? She blends specific historical detail with narratives that reflect the timeless factors of the female experience, such as making ones way in the world, falling in love, and mothering. . Thanks Nicki! The authors descriptive writings captured the time-period and events. Thank you for your blog Polly. They bring me such joy. Thank you. Sophie is the mail-order bride that he sends for and she believes she has her perfect fairytale - until Belinda shows up and everything unravels. some very funny but always with love. The two women figure out that James Bigelow and Martin Hocking are the same man. This is a fantastic article Pollyso much in it, I know Ill have to re read it at least twice more! I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to enjoy your expression of Spirit! Grace is a beautiful quality and you exude it in spades thanks so much for all you do and are! Polly, I needed you today and there you were and it was enough. I love reading your blog with its many insights. It is an incredible story of a young Irish immigrant, Sophie, who is desperate to get out of New York City, and comes to San Francisco as a mail order bride. I love a good solid histfic. These are awesome. I have so many more to look forward to now. We are not always what we seem. Bringing it up would have brought up old, painful feelings. What a delight to experience the beauty of nature you shared of your slice of the world through these beautiful photos. Thank you Polly!! ????? It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. A feast to the senses! What great seeds to sow in world thought! Themes: The Nature of Fragile Things is a complex story and has some thoughtful and powerful themes including friendship, working together, trust, community, This is historical fiction that deals with the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Thankful every morning to see another treasure from you in my emails ! Your paintings make me so happy. Or maybe younger? Thank for including a link to my review! Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world! What a breath of fresh air!! shadows. Polly, Im grateful for you, your prayerful work, your blog, your art, photos, words and colors. I could visualize the scenes and what our characters were experiencing. Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. WONDERFUL blog, Polly! Thank you for bringing such beauty into my every day. Keep posting similar reads and spreading positivity. Beautiful and profoundly perfect for pandemic season, your poem empowers hope for whats next. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours. THANK you for sharing so abundantly! The Nature of Fragile Things | Bookreporter.com Pandemic read. Actually, I dont think any book is just one genre, and lots of books have more than one era as well. nature of fragile things spoilerspvusd governing board. Did I miss something? Thank you! So beautiful and I have shared it with so many others. Oh how I love this! WANT A NOOK? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I have been blessed beyond words by your daily posts. Susan Meissner. I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Thankfully there is no graphic violence, explicit sex or any profanity. Polly! Your colorful art, your beautiful photography, your tasty looking and well presented dishes, your uplifting ideas, your insightful book reviews, and your wonderful healing work!