Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put SS_Gift_Guide Most books about the history

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach

And the further apart she feels from the noise and color of life around her

animal and human

the catharsis of creating art

but the unflinching realist that only a great mystic can be

Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put SS_Gift_Guide Most books about the history"A beautifully written story of the sweetness of staying put, Jones's book will add depth to any memoir collection." Library Journal Can life be an adventure, even when it's just . . . ordinary? From the Front Porch podcast host and independent bookstore owner challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most, reminding us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed. Annie B.