Buttery Books Blog
June 29th, 2011
The Fountainhead and Modern Architecture
I have heard The Fountainhead mentioned repeatedly over the years, so I finally decided to read it and figure out what all the hub bub is about. I definitely found the book intriguing and it motivated me to learn more about Ayn Rand’s philosophy (still ruminating on how I feel about it). One aspect of the book I thoroughly enjoyed was the description of the architecture.
Lisa
June 26th, 2011
Weekend Cooking: Irish Apple Cake
This is a recipe I tried out for my book club party post for Faithful Place. Apples have been grown in Ireland for hundreds of years. Legend even has it that St. Patrick and his fellow monks planted apples trees in Ireland!
Lisa
May 9th, 2011
Sourdough Starter
I have never tried making my own sourdough starter so I was excited to give it a try. This recipe uses potato water and rye, whole wheat and white flour
LisaApril 28th, 2011
Self-Publishing a Book
Many of you out there may have thought about writing your own book. The process can seem overwhelming and even after all your work, there is no guarantee that it will be published. But you do have other options.
Lisa
April 3rd, 2011
My Favorite Bookish Quote
If I can teach my kids to follow this mantra, they will do fine in life.
Lisa
March 31st, 2011
April is National Poetry Month
In our city on April 1, everyone is encouraged to Slam the Town by placing poems on windshields, in lunchboxes, on restaurant tables and on bulletin boards. The month continues with events at colleges, restaurants and other venues around town with readings by numerous poets and authors.
Lisa
March 3rd, 2011
Fun Recipes for a Medical Book Club Party
It is sometimes hard to come up with a menu for a book club party when there aren’t many mentions of food in the book. For books about medicine, I have tried to create food that resembled medical supplies.
Lisa
February 28th, 2011
Sherry Matthews author of We Were Not Orphans: Stories from the Waco State Home
Sherry Matthews is the author of WE WERE NOT ORPHANS: Stories from the Waco State Home (University of Texas Press, February 2011) which cronicles the life of residents at the Waco State Home from The Great Depression through the 1970′s. This book was intended to be a “coffee table book” for the alumni. Once Matthews started hearing their stories she didn’t know what she was getting into. Once she saw the evidence, she knew she couldn’t back down.
MarilynFebruary 24th, 2011
Water for Elephants, The Movie
Water for Elephants will be released in theaters on April 22, 2011.
Marilyn
February 22nd, 2011
Spirit Rappers and Table Tiltings
I recently read The Spiritualist by Megan Chance, and as the title suggests, this novel revolves around the spiritualist movement that swept the Victorian era. I was reminded of a seminar I had attended at the Texas Book Festival this past fall on women authors of historical fiction. One of the featured novelists was Deborah Noyes who wrote Captivity, a novel on the phenomenon of the Fox Sisters. I learned it was the Fox sisters’ claims in 1848 that gave birth to the spirit medium.
Annie
