Rita Berglund, LPC

03/02/2025

03/01/2025

/ Anne Frank /
"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness."
"Anne Frank, (born June 12, 1929, Frankfurt am Main, Ger.—died March 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, near Hannover), German diarist. Frank was a young Jewish girl who kept a record of the two years her family spent in hiding in Amsterdam to escape N**i persecution. After their discovery by the Gestapo in 1944, the family was transported to concentration camps; Anne died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. Friends searching the hiding place found her diary, which her father published as The Diary of a Young Girl (1947). Precocious in style and insight, it traces her emotional growth amid adversity and is a classic of war literature." (Britannica)
Anne Frank (2008). “Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings, Revised Edition”, p.114, Bantam

03/01/2025

✔The "Art of War," written by Sun Tzu, was required business school reading for us.

Sun Tzu was a renowned Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period, specifically during the Spring and Autumn period (c. 722–481 BC) or possibly the early Warring States period (c. 475–221 BC).

His treatise -- The Art of War -- is a comprehensive guide to military strategy, focusing on the importance of knowing the enemy, adapting to circumstances, and using deception to gain advantage. It remains a widely studied and influential work in military and business strategy.

02/27/2025

A beautiful watercolour painting of The Bear & Billet in Chester by Louise Rayner in 1924, compared to its view today.

The Grade 1 listed building has been described as "the finest 17th century timber framed town house in Chester and one of the last of the great timber framed town houses in England."