by Marlene Bumgarner | Jan 1, 2026 | Books, Good Reads, Writing
A New Year of Stories I suspect that, like me, you’ve been bombarded with entreaties to start the new year with new habits, new goals, perhaps even a new wardrobe. It can be overwhelming. I keep a pile of books beside my bed. They are books that I want to read,...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Feb 9, 2024 | Books, Good Reads, Health
Hello there! I am excited to share with you a podcast that I was recently featured on, The Cereal Grain Café with Dr. Kurt A. Rosentrater. In Season 2, Episode 3 – Whole Grains with Marlene Bumgarner we discuss whole grains, organic foods, recipes, and history....
by Marlene Bumgarner | Oct 10, 2022 | Family, Good Reads
Cooling Weather – Time to Read As soon as October arrived with relief from the heat wave, I turned to my very tall stack of TBR (To Be Read) books. Soon I was curled up in my reading chair wrapped in a blanket, lost in The Christie Affair, by Nina de Gramont,...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Aug 22, 2022 | Books, Child development, Good Reads, Writing
Why Should We Read Classic Books? I have recently learned why I love great literature, and why we should read more classic books. Classics are timeless. Classic fiction contains thought-provoking situations that present its characters with sociological and...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 16, 2020 | Back to the Land, Books, Family, Good Reads, Writing
Transition from Writer to Author – it’s crazy! I’ve been absent from these pages for nearly month. A month that at times felt like a year, and at other times like a single moment. So I thought it only fair that I bring my loyal readers, and my new...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jun 23, 2020 | Back to the Land, Books, Cooking and Eating, Family, Gardening, Good Reads
From the Prologue: “We all worked together. Ate together. Sang together. Learned together. We had a good life. After living close to the natural cycles of the earth year after year, good and not good, we grew stronger and more resilient, learned to manage our...