👋 Welcome to Vienna’s Views

Hi, I’m Vienna Castellaw — reader, writer, gardener, and lifelong collector of books and ideas.

This blog is for my kids, who might be more interested in what I have to say after I’m gone.  Or not …

Over 60 years of reading has left me with a house full of books (yes, every room).   

Grammarly really wants me to write that last sentence as – Over 60 years of reading have left me with a house full of books.  What do you think?  I’m not buying!

I’m always trying to figure out how I came to read a particular book or author, or as Mortimer Adler would say, “what of it” or “so what”.   This blog is my answer.

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