Perennials Podcast
99 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsConversations about growing up, getting wise and trying to live a good life.
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Episode 71: Turning 30
September 12, 2021 09:30 - 41 minutes - 25 MBYour intrepid host is no longer a twenty-something trying to figure stuff out--as of this past July, I'm now a thirty-something trying to figure stuff out! To mark the occasion, this past summer I asked previous Perennials guests to share some wisdom about the third decade of life. They delivered reflections on what they let go of when leaving their twenties, what they wish they could tell their 30 year old self, things they are enjoying or did enjoy about their thirties, and advice on what...
Episode 70: Exploring the Enneagram with Maria Bowler
August 21, 2021 19:00 - 57 minutes - 36 MBIn today's episode, I'm talking to Maria Bowler, a contemplative artist, spiritual director, and enneagram guide. We discuss the mysterious roots of the enneagram, and Maria shares her unique way of differentiating the nine different types, as well as ways to think about identifying our own type. I ask Maria some of my most burning questions about spiritual seeking and growth in general. Is it ever too early to get on a spiritual path? How do we find ourselves while also trying to learn to s...
Episode 69: Couples Therapy with Dr. Nadia Nieves
July 16, 2021 15:47 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBToday, I'm talking about couples therapy with Dr. Nadia Nieves, PhD, a limited license therapist in New York City. Nadia works with couples using an integrated approach of relational psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) interventions. She prioritizes supporting her clients in learning how to understand each other, navigating life transitions and conflict, and facilitating adaptive communication skills. I was so excited to pick Nadia's brain abo...
Episode 68: Exploring The Midnight Library with Danica Browne
June 18, 2021 17:02 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBIn today's episode, my friend Danica Browne and I are unpacking themes from the novel The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. This is a book about unlived lives, regret, possibility, and hope. In this episode, Danica and I are talking about how these themes play out in our own lives. We discuss living vicariously through fictional characters, the subtleties of familial expectations, regrets and wonderings we have in the realms of career and relationships, and dreams that we suspect would not be a...
Episode 67: On Disappointment and Patience
June 03, 2021 15:05 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIn today's shorter, solo episode, I'm talking about wanting something, trying and striving for something, sitting with uncertainty, anxiety and excitement, entertaining romantic ideas and fantasies about greener grass, and ultimately, being disappointed. It's so common in early adulthood, with so much uncertainty coming from all angles, to feel restless, impatient, desperate to prove ourselves and try to make everything okay. And yet, the nature of life is change. Trying for things and feel...
Episode 66: Wisdom from Folklore Part 2
May 21, 2021 17:05 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBMy sister Felicia Russell and I are continuing and concluding our conversation about Taylor Swift's album Folklore with an exploration of themes like commitment, communication, betrayal, and escape. We share personal stories from our own lives about things falling apart and coming together, just like they do in the songs we're unpacking today. And, we pull out some creative writing tips from some of the techniques we see Swift using in her songs.
Episode 66: Wisdom from Folklore with Felicia Russell, Part 2
May 21, 2021 17:05 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBMy sister Felicia Russell and I are continuing and concluding our conversation about Taylor Swift's album Folklore with an exploration of themes like commitment, communication, betrayal, and escape. We share personal stories from our own lives about things falling apart and coming together, just like they do in the songs we're unpacking today. And, we pull out some creative writing tips from some of the techniques we see Swift using in her songs.
Episode 65: Wisdom from Folklore with Felicia Russell
May 13, 2021 17:17 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBIn today's episode, my sister Felicia Russell and I are unpacking wisdom from a little-known indie album we found in the back of a dusty old record shop...okay, just kidding. We're close-reading one of the most talked-about albums of 2020, Taylor Swift's Folklore. Our little romantic English and History-loving hearts skip a beat as we unpack each track, discussing themes like unlived lives, patience, anger, forgiveness, people-pleasing and managing mental health struggles. We discuss how the...
Episode 64: Spring Cleaning with Melissa Adamo and Jessica Gaeta
April 16, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBThere's something about springtime that can bring a renewed sense of energy and a desire to declutter, freshen up, make space, and look forward with hopefulness. That's why I decided to talk to Monica Geller and Danny Tanner--I mean, sorry, my cleanest and most organized friends and previous Perennials guests Melissa Adamo and Jessica Gaeta. Join us as we discuss cleaning for company, writing everything down, meeting resistance, and managing gendered pressures and expectations around houseke...
Episode 63: Parenting Ourselves with Sheryl Paul, Part 2
April 09, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 24.4 MBIn Part 2 of our conversation about learning to parent ourselves, Sheryl Paul and I get into even deeper and richer territory--the territory of heart and soul. We talk about tuning into what's happening in our bodies and in our hearts, and having patience and compassion for whatever we find. We talk about both reaching out for connection and strengthening our inner sense of self. And then there's the most mysterious but equally important key to parenting ourselves that Sheryl speaks to at t...
Episode 62: Parenting Ourselves with Sheryl Paul, Part 1
April 02, 2021 16:15 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBMy first-ever Perennials guest is back! This time, beloved therapist and author (whom I'm lucky to call my aunt!) Sheryl Paul and I are talking about learning to parent ourselves. This topic comes up a lot in Sheryl's work as a therapist: the practice of strengthening the part of ourselves that can hold space for big feelings, offer ourselves and others compassion and, with steady wisdom, discern how to act in accordance with our values. In addition to talking about relating to our emotion...
Episode 61: Embracing Weakness with Shannon K Evans
March 25, 2021 17:46 - 54 minutes - 36.6 MBIn today's episode, I'm talking to Shannon K Evans about themes from her book Embracing Weakness: The Unlikely Secret to Changing the World. Shannon is an author, speaker, contemplative and advocate who demonstrates how embracing our need for each other can lead us to greater connection, freedom and love. We talk about how she met her edges in missionary work and motherhood, how we can embrace weakness without being engulfed by it, and the importance of giving ourselves permission to live in...
Episode 60: In Between Seasons
March 18, 2021 15:47 - 24 minutes - 21.7 MBToday’s episode is a reflection on seasons and being in between seasons. In the month of March here in New Jersey, we have one foot in winter, one in spring. Similarly, I began this podcast out of a sense of feeling in between life seasons in the decade of my 20s--not quite an adolescent, not quite an adult. This episode is an exploration of how our physical environment and surroundings impact our sense of connectedness and presence. It's about finding a little more slowness and kindness, pr...
Episode 59: What Friends Are For with Jessica Kradjel Part 2
February 12, 2021 15:00 - 46 minutes - 35.5 MBJessica Kradjel and I continue our conversation about friendship in today's episode. Jess describes her experience of creating a close chosen family and living community with two of her college friends in their early-mid 20s, and what it’s been like to maintain that friendship once they moved to different places. We also talk about rekindling friendships that have lost their spark or built up baggage, and making new friends as an adult...which, as we all know, can be really hard!
Episode 58: What Friends Are For with Jessica Kradjel
February 04, 2021 22:19 - 42 minutes - 28.4 MBIn today’s episode, I’m talking to my friend of almost twenty years, Jessica Kradjel. We trace the trajectory of our friendship from light rivalry in sixth grade Chorus class to long distance love throughout college and beyond. During this trip down memory lane, we explore some of the common experiences we and many others have faced in the realm of friendship: friendships of convenience vs. friendships rooted in values and deep connection; how it’s easy to fall in love with friends but perh...
Episode 57: Resilient Kindness with Zachary Cox
January 29, 2021 17:42 - 59 minutes - 40 MBToday, I'm talking to Zachary Cox. Zac is a Ph.D. student in the Disaster Science and Management program at The University of Delaware, and since April 2020 he has interviewed almost 100 people from different walks of life to find out how they've been affected by and are responding to the disaster of the covid-19 pandemic. In our conversation today, Zac and I talk about what he's learned from these interviews, including learning to listen and lead with curiosity rather than assumptions. We a...
Episode 56: Money Matters with Megan deBoer
January 21, 2021 18:09 - 58 minutes - 43.6 MBToday's episode is about the very grown-up topic of money. So many young adults, like myself, enter into a tough job market with a ton of student debt, little financial education, and no idea how to afford rent. It's easy to feel completely overwhelmed, and to avoid looking at or making a plan for your finances, or to obsessively worry about any spending. I'm thrilled to share my conversation with Megan deBoer, the founder of Tended Wealth, a business that helps individuals heal their emot...
Episode 55: Happiness is an Inside Job with Lizzie Finn
January 13, 2021 19:10 - 59 minutes - 37.1 MBToday's guest is my aunt, Lizzie Finn. We're talking about how Lizzie has grown through some difficult experiences in midlife (including chronic illness, divorce and empty nest syndrome) and the commonality she finds with young adults asking questions about identity, purpose and true happiness. Lizzie talks about attending to past wounds and trauma, healing to live (not living to heal), and drawing inspiration from our inner children to keep looking forward, learning and growing. Lizzie is...
Episode 54: Being More Human with Amber Haines
December 16, 2020 17:11 - 55 minutes - 36.6 MBAmber Haines is the author of Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home (2015), a spiritual memoir about her search for freedom, belonging and true intimacy with God. Amber's book traces her path from an Evangelical childhood in Alabama to her rebellious teen years and into marriage and motherhood, all while trying to find her place in different church and faith communities and keeping her creative spark. In today's conversation, I ask Amber how she has honored ...
Episode 53: A Self-Care Visualization Inspired by Queer Eye
September 11, 2020 12:36 - 25 minutes - 20.8 MBThis special episode invites you to think about how you can use your imagination to tap into different parts of yourself, parts that can see your gifts and strengths and offer you compassion and care. In the first half of the episode, I give some background and context about my own resistance to visualizations and why I used to get angry when therapists tried to make me do them. I share how I came to enjoy them and find them helpful, and why you might too. In the second half, we'll get gr...
Episode 52: What Was Missing with Khay Muhammad
August 27, 2020 21:00 - 56 minutes - 36.6 MBRecently, Khay Muhammad called me up to ask if we could do a follow-up to our conversation for Episode 45: Belonging in Yoga. Khay explained to me that something important was missing from that episode, and she wanted to make it right. This episode is for Khay to explain what (or rather, who) was missing--and why. It's a conversation about patriarchy, white supremacy, and trauma; a discussion of how these forces affect us on personal and collective levels, in our lifetimes and inherited fr...
Episode 51: How You Matter with Maya Sanyal, Part 2
August 14, 2020 23:49 - 53 minutes - 30.6 MBMaya Sanyal and I continue our conversation about purpose by getting a little deeper and more philosophical. Maya talks about how she responds to questions that many of us ask ourselves at some point in our lives when we are faced with trying for something: “Who cares?” “Why does it matter?” and “Who do I think I am?” Maya believes it is possible to be deeply grateful and content while also ambitious. She believes in the power of presence and creating spaciousness in our lives. Maya has wor...
Episode 50: How You Matter with Maya Sanyal, Part 1
August 13, 2020 14:17 - 1 hour - 44 MBMaya Sanyal is many things: a career and academic counselor; a mentor and teacher; a writer; a friend; a loving dog mom; a passion skeptic; a purveyor of hope; a business woman. In Part 1 of our conversation, Maya and I talk about her career trajectory, which includes navigating the communal culture she comes from and the individualistic culture of the U.S.; earning a PhD in English literature and a Masters in Counseling; and years of teaching and advising students in the university classr...
Episode 49: Wild Invocations with Ysabel Gonzalez, Part 2
July 31, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 24.2 MBYsabel Gonzalez and I continue our conversation about the poems in her collection Wild Invocations, which traces her journey from girlhood to womanhood. With fire and tenderness, these poems explore relationships and identity, expectations and disappointments, vulnerability and strength. Ysabel shares how poems help her express different parts of herself and get in touch with "characters" within her that need release. We discuss why it sometimes feels easier to write about tumultuous relat...
Episode 48: Wild Invocations with Ysabel Gonzalez, Part 1
July 30, 2020 13:16 - 46 minutes - 32.5 MBYsabel Gonzalez's full-length collection of poetry, Wild Invocations (published by Get Fresh Books in 2019), is a juicy, earthy, sparkly, raw, raucous, contemplative gem. I'm lucky to call Ysabel my friend as well as my colleague at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, where she is Assistant Director of the Poetry Program. In Part 1, Ysabel and I talk about the seeds of Wild Invocations, some of the challenges that ultimately helped her learn how to use her voice, and how she grapples with...
Episode 47: Building a Life with Florence Hamer
July 15, 2020 11:09 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBToday's episode features a truly delightful guest: Florence Hamer, a woodworker who lives in her self-built tiny house, and spends her time carving spoons, turning bowls, enjoying nature and baking cakes. In our conversation, Flo describes the path that led her to her beautiful tiny home, from growing up on her mother's woodland, to learning to carve spoons at university, to living in a van in Australia for six months. We talked about Flo's relationship to living against the grain; how she...
Perennials Book Club: Anne of Green Gables, Chapter 22
July 12, 2020 13:18 - 16 minutes - 14.2 MBIn Chapter 22 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne gets invited out to tea with her favorite Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Allan. From the moment of the invitation, Anne basically turns into Kristen Wiig as Sue on SNL - a sundae of excitement with a big ol' dollop of hot anxiety melted on top. Will the tea get rained out? Will Anne commit some majorly embarrassing social faux pas? And will Marilla ever let her cold dusty heart crack open a little bit and just feel excited for Anne? P.S.!!! This i...
Episode 46: Creativity in Quarantine with Marina Carreira
July 02, 2020 04:06 - 56 minutes - 47.8 MBMultimedia artist (and previous Perennials guest!) Marina Carreira is here to talk about creativity during covid-19. We discuss who gets to claim the title "creative," the importance of carving out creative time and rest time, and the practice of finding beauty in the mundane. Marina reminds us that if all we have energy for right now is survival, that's okay. And, creativity might show up in surprising ways. We also speak about the opportunity for self-reflection during stay at home order...
Episode 45: Creativity in Quarantine with Marina Carreira
July 02, 2020 04:06 - 56 minutes - 47.8 MBIn today's episode, multimedia artist Marina Carreira and I talk about our relationship to creativity, especially during the pandemic; things like who gets to claim the title "creative," the importance of carving out creative time and rest time, and the practice of finding beauty in the mundane. We also speak about the opportunity for self-reflection during stay at home orders, especially reflecting on racial injustices and the importance of locating white supremacy within ourselves. ...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 21: Anne of Green Gables
June 21, 2020 20:52 - 33 minutes - 37.2 MBIn Chapter 21 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne's school teacher leaves town (byeeeee Professor Patriarchy!) and a new minister and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Allan, arrive. Mr. Allan prays like he means it, and Mrs. Allan, who assumes the role of teacher, actually welcomes questions? Anne can't wait for the couple to visit Green Gables and is eager to bake a cake for her new kindred spirit, but she fears something is going to go wrong. (Spoiler alert...something does.) In today's reflections, I th...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 20: Anne of Green Gables
June 08, 2020 02:56 - 19 minutes - 21.9 MBIn Chapter 20 of Anne of Green Gables, it's springtime and everything is coming up roses, except for the spruce grove which, in Anne's imagination, is now absolutely teeming with ghosts, goblins, ghouls and all manner of dreaded "white things." Will Anne have the courage to journey through the Haunted Wood to fetch an apron pattern for Marilla? Will she survive the harrowing trip? And for the love of mayflowers, will Marilla ever tell Anne how much she loves her? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 11:...
Perennials Book Club: Chapter 19, Anne of Green Gables
June 01, 2020 12:38 - 25 minutes - 27.6 MBIn Chapter 19 of Anne of Green Gables, Diana invites Anne to a late night concert and sleepover at her house for her birthday. Anne can't wait to have the honor of spending the night in the Barrys' spare room, like a proper guest. But when Diana and Anne go barreling into the spare room and dive onto the bed, they find someone under the covers. Who did Anne and Diana unwittingly attack in their sleep? And will this person react with good humor...or will she vow to take out her wrath on the B...
Episode 44: Belonging in Yoga with Khay Muhammad
May 26, 2020 02:45 - 1 hour - 47 MBIn today's episode, I'm talking to Khay Muhammad about her journey of becoming the yoga teacher she is today. Khay and I talk about her childhood growing up in the urban landscape of Newark, New Jersey, spending long days with her father in Branch Brook Park and learning about her connection to nature. We also talk about her experiences taking yoga classes for the first time in Brooklyn during her early post-grad years, and why her first yoga class "sucked." Khay explains why inclusivity is ...
Episode 45: Belonging in Yoga with Khay Muhammad
May 26, 2020 02:45 - 1 hour - 47 MBKhay Muhammad is a yoga teacher who deeply understands the importance of creating true inclusion and belonging in her classes -- for her students and for herself. Khay and I talk about her childhood growing up in the city of Newark, New Jersey, spending long days with her father in Branch Brook Park and learning about her connection to nature. She also shares about her experiences taking yoga classes for the first time in Brooklyn during her early post-grad years, and why her first yoga cla...
Perennials Book Club: Chapter 18, Anne of Green Gables
May 22, 2020 23:50 - 25 minutes - 29 MBIn Chapter 18 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne and Matthew are enjoying a cozy winter evening at home, while Marilla, Mrs. Lynde, and many other Avonlea residents (including both doctors...which seems like a bad idea, in hindsight) are off at a political rally a few towns over. Diana comes flying to Green Gables in tears, because her baby sister has fallen sick and the babysitter is totally clueless about croup. Matthew races off to find a doctor while Anne hurries to the Barry household to tak...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 17: Anne of Green Gables
May 16, 2020 20:13 - 19 minutes - 22.1 MBIn Chapter 17 of Anne of Green Gables, Diana tells Anne she loves her and the two share a tearful goodbye, though their souls will of course commune forevermore. Anne returns to school, and the rivalry between her and Gilbert heats up. Who will get top marks on the next exam? Will Anne ever master decimals? And will Anne's love for Diana truly prove inextinguishable? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 10:39 Reflections on the chapter: 10:42 - 19:03
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 16: Anne of Green Gables
May 10, 2020 04:31 - 26 minutes - 30 MBIn Chapter 16 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne invites Diana over for tea and Diana ends up stumbling home drunk as a skunk. What was up with that raspberry cordial that Anne served her, and will Mrs. Barry ever forgive Diana's bosom friend? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 19:12 Reflections on the chapter: 19:17 - 26:06
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 15: Anne of Green Gables
May 02, 2020 16:55 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBIn Chapter 15 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne starts school, so you know we're in for a wild ride! After an uneventful but enjoyable first few weeks, Gilbert Blythe pulls Anne's braid and calls her "Carrots," and let's just say he ends up with a slate tablet broken over his head. Will Anne ever forgive Gilbert? Will she return to school? And will her creepy teacher stop hitting on his sixteen-year-old student long enough to teach the class? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 26:56 Reflections on the ch...
Episode 43: Bonnets at Dawn with Lauren Burke and Hannah K Chapman
May 01, 2020 03:40 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBToday's guests Lauren Burke and Hannah K Chapman are hosts of the podcast Bonnets at Dawn, which explores the lives, work and fandom of women writers from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Lauren and Hannah share some of the wisdom they've taken from the books and authors that they devote so much time to--authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and Louisa May Alcott. You'll hear about how Lauren is drawn to the Brontës' treatment of women's rage, what Jane Aus...
Episode 44: Bonnets at Dawn with Lauren Burke and Hannah K Chapman
May 01, 2020 03:40 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBToday's guests Lauren Burke and Hannah K Chapman are hosts of the podcast Bonnets at Dawn, which explores the lives, work and fandom of women writers from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Lauren and Hannah share some of the wisdom they've taken from authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and Louisa May Alcott. You'll hear about why Lauren is drawn to the Brontës' depiction of women's rage and how she relates to these books as a woman of color; what Jane Austen taug...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 14: Anne of Green Gables
April 28, 2020 03:42 - 22 minutes - 25.6 MBIn Chapter 14 of Anne of Green Gables, Marilla's prized amethyst brooch goes missing, and Anne was the last one to touch it. Anne swears she didn't lose it, but the evidence is stacked against her. Is Anne telling the truth? Will Marilla believe her and let her attend the much-anticipated Sunday School picnic? Will Anne finally get to try ice cream? Or will she remain locked in the east gable forever? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 15:19 Reflections on the chapter: 15:21 - 21:39
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 13: Anne of Green Gables
April 25, 2020 17:48 - 15 minutes - 17.1 MBIn Chapter 13 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne tells Marilla about her adventures playing with Diana at Idlewild and looks forward with fervent anticipation to the upcoming Sunday School picnic. Marilla and Anne exchange different views on expectation and disappointment, and Anne wonders: will she finally get to taste ice cream for the first time, or will the gathering be rained out?
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 12: Anne of Green Gables
April 23, 2020 04:45 - 14 minutes - 16.9 MBIn Chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables, Anne meets her potential bosom friend Diana Barry. Will Diana be charmed by Anne's suggestion that they perform a solemn oath of eternal friendship, or will she run screaming back to her strict mother? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 10:28 Reflections on the chapter: 10:31 - 13:43
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 11: Anne of Green Gables
April 18, 2020 04:06 - 15 minutes - 17.5 MBIn Chapter 11 of Anne of Green Gables, Marilla gives Anne a few (less than satisfactory) new dresses and tells her it's time to go to Sunday School. Anne must contend with a lack of puffed sleeves, stares and whispers from the other little girls, and boredom in the pews. Marilla must contend with the discomfort of realizing she agrees with some of Anne's observations. Chapter reading: 0:15 - 9:19 Reflections on the chapter: 9:21 - 14:38
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 10: Anne of Green Gables
April 16, 2020 03:34 - 22 minutes - 25.9 MBIn Chapter 10 of Anne of Green Gables, Matthew convinces Anne to apologize to Mrs. Rachel for shouting at her after Mrs. Rachel insulted Anne's looks. Will their outspoken neighbor accept Anne's apology? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 13:33 Reflections on the chapter: 13:35 - 22:24
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 9: Anne of Green Gables
April 11, 2020 15:28 - 18 minutes - 21.3 MBIn Chapter 9 of Anne of Green Gables, Mrs. Rachel Lynde pays a visit to meet Anne and decides it's totally cool to tell an eleven year old little girl that she is ugly. Since Anne is no shrinking violet, she gives it right back to Mrs. Rachel. What is Marilla to do? Chapter reading: 0:14 - 13:07 Reflections on the chapter: 13:09 - 18:19
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 8: Anne of Green Gables
April 10, 2020 04:02 - 23 minutes - 26.2 MBIn Chapter 8 of Anne of Green Gables, Marilla tells Anne that they’ve decided to keep her, and promptly begins the task of bringing up Anne to be a good girl, starting with telling her to learn the Lord’s Prayer. We get another vivid peek into Anne’s imaginative spirituality, learn of her deep desire for a bosom friend, and find out the heartbreaking story behind the friends she left behind when she moved to the orphan asylum. Chapter reading: 0:14 - 14:35 Reflections on the chapter: 14:...
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 7: Anne of Green Gables
April 07, 2020 16:28 - 10 minutes - 11.8 MBIn Chapter 7 of Anne of Green Gables, Marilla finds that Anne has never been taught to say prayers at night. We get a little insight into how Marilla and Anne think about God and prayer; Marilla gives instructions for how to pray; and we find out what Anne most wants to ask God for (hint: it's not world peace). Chapter reading: 0:14 - 6:13 Reflections on the chapter: 6:15 - 10:23
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 6: Anne of Green Gables
April 05, 2020 22:02 - 12 minutes - 14.6 MBChapter 6 of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery is a real turning point in the book--Marilla comes to a final decision about whether she and Matthew will keep Anne at Green Gables with them. Based on the title of the book, you can probably guess her decision, but for the sake of suspense... Chapter reading: 0:14 - 9:42 Reflections on the chapter: 9:44 - 12:49
Perennials Book Club, Chapter 5: Anne of Green Gables
March 31, 2020 04:38 - 14 minutes - 16.5 MBChapter 5 of Anne of Green Gables finds Marilla and Anne heading by buggy to Mrs. Spencer's, where Marilla hopes to settle the mix-up and find a way to send Anne back to Nova Scotia. Along the way, Anne shares her history up until that point, and let me tell you...I just wanted to hop into that buggy and turn it right back around to bring Anne back to Green Gables. Chapter reading: 0:14 - 10:35 Reflections on the chapter: 10:37 - 13:31 For information about the virtual Perennials Book Clu...