Five Years a Writer

I lost myself this past weekend; not literally, but, rather, in words. In stories. Most of them non-fiction, but stories all of them. Stories about people  — starting over in a new country ( Peace by Chocolate by Jon Tattrie; the story of Hadhad family who fled Syria, landed in Nova Scotia and now employ many locals in their chocolate factory ); acting stories of drama and comedy and, in so doing, reflecting the universal emotions of our lives back at us from the small screen (How to Save a Life: The inside story of Grey's Anatomy [ mega hit TV show ] by Lynette Rice); overcoming the inner voice that says 'No, don't do it; you're afraid to do it; don't do it; say no' (Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes , who created Grey's Anatomy, among a host of hit TV series, including the recent Netflix hit Bridgerton); and  coming into their own by opening themselves up in the face of love (Voices of Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher ).  That was a lot of reading for me and it took