- Becki-Iverson
- December 28, 2016
Resolutions are a tricky thing… A photo posted by Becki Iverson (@beckiiverson) on Nov 20, 2016 at 5:31pm PST Cooking more is definitely on the 2017 agenda. Sometimes they can be really helpful. For example, last year I made a resolution to be more consistent about working on the blog.
- Becki-Iverson
- December 13, 2016
Anyone else a pagemaster? As Marcus Tulius Cicero said… “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” If you weren’t already aware, reading is one of my absolute favorite pasttimes. Growing up in a small, rural, pre-internet town meant that there wasn’t a whole lot
- Becki-Iverson
- November 30, 2016
Explore the world with brand new eyes. Photo by Joan Marcus. Fellow avid readers may remember A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, the overnight success novel by Mark Haddon that swept the literary community in 2003. It’s made waves ever since, and currently is showing at the
- Becki-Iverson
- July 12, 2016
Feed your inner activist with some radical readings The Heart of a Woman by Luba Lukova For those looking for an artistic outlet from the recent shootings, look no further: the Penumbra has got you. They are hosting a free event called #BlackPoetsSpeakOut, featuring a community reading with “voices committed
- Becki-Iverson
- May 16, 2016
Everyone’s favorite bumbling fool returns to the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio Photo courtesy of the Guthrie Theater. Classics are classics for a reason. There are hot debates in the literary/art world about what establishes the “canon,” and those conversations have to be had. But that doesn’t mean that work formally considered
- Becki-Iverson
- January 22, 2016
If you want to learn to build an empire… There are some great tips on here! The internet seems to be THE place to have complete creative control over your life, business, etc. these days, but it’s not always easy to know how to carve a space out for yourself,
- Becki-Iverson
- April 30, 2013
“Of all the roles the economist ascribes to us, ‘consumer’ is surely the least ennobling. It suggests a taking rather than a giving. It assumes dependence and, in a global economy, a measure of ignorance about the origins of everything that we consume. Who makes this stuff? Where in the
- Becki-Iverson
- April 27, 2013
“What scenarios have I absorbed from the media or books {…} that have led me to assume that poverty and misfortune will always bring out the worst in people?” -Julia Alvarez The first in my series of literary connections goes all the way back to the beginning of my 100
- Becki-Iverson
- April 20, 2013
The journey all started with a goal of reading 100 books in a year. After graduating from college and finding my first full-time desk job, I felt the need to continue some sort of study outside of work. As taxing as the 9 to 5 can be, it felt important