Meg Raymond's Posts

Posted about 4 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with audiobooks, ebooks

It all started with a traveling salesman who spent hours and hours on the road. Henry Trentman logged a lot of miles, listening to radio stations of varying quality fade […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower

Spring is on the way!  And April showers bring … financial literacy?  April is “Financial Literacy Month”, which makes it a good time to take charge of your finances. Even […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with interesting women, Women's History Month

Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), Women’s History Month dates only back to 1981, when Congress passed Pub. L 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower, Uncategorized | Tagged with taxes

April 15th will be here before you know it. That means it is time to <cue spooky music> COMPLETE YOUR FEDERAL TAX RETURNS!! (Virginia tax returns aren’t due until May […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Events, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Black History Month, richmond

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]

Posted about 8 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews

One time, not that many years ago, my sister called me on a Friday night and asked me what I was doing. “Knitting and listening to the radio” I said.  […]

Posted about 8 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, Writing | Tagged with apps, literary, news aggregators

Now that the days are shorter, and the nights seem endless, you would think there would be time to sit on the sofa with a big thick book – perhaps […]

Posted about 9 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews

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Posted about 10 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations

The westward expansion of America was untamed, uncivilized, and lawless.  Yet there were unwritten rules in the “wild west” that were sometimes as strict as any actual law.  Zane Grey’s […]

Posted about 11 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews

September is both Self-Improvement Month and Self-Care Awareness Month, so make this month all about you. Self-care advocates often suggest visualizing a “happy place” to relieve stress and induce relaxation.  My imaginary […]