I make it a point to read Thomas Friedman’s columns in the New York Times. He always has thought-provoking comments about technology and politics, especially relating to the Middle East This Sunday his column was especially interesting. Its title was Watching Elephants Fly. Here’s the link. It’s worth reading. Friedman begins his discussion of the [...]
I’m Back!
Happy New Year to all my friends! I have to apologize for not posting for far too long. First I was traveling. Then the holidays hit. Then I got sick. A bad case of bronchitis laid me low for two weeks. Needless to say, I got nothing done for the holidays. But now I’m back. [...]
When It’s Happening
I’ve noticed a funny thing about writing over the years. When you’re stuck and find yourself with no idea of what you’re writing or what you’re supposed to be doing, you can always find dozens of excuses for not writing anything. You have to go shopping; you have to run a wash; you have to [...]
Let’s Read!
An Imaginary Conversation: Author: Let’s read! Books are wonderful. Read together with your family every evening! Child: My parents don’t read. We don’t have any books in our house. Author: That’s no problem. Your school library has plenty of good books that you can check out and read. Your school librarian will be happy to [...]
Interesting!
I just caught a whiff of something significant blowing in the wind. Amazon announced that it’s starting a lending library. I’ll have to research this further. So far, this is what I’m getting from what I’ve read online. If you’re a member of Amazon Prime, you’ll be able to download ebooks to your Kindle or [...]
Celebrate Picture Books
Picture Book Month begins tomorrow. I’ve been asked to start the celebration with a few words about why picture books are important to me. It was quite an honor to be asked and quite an opportunity as well to state why I believe picture books are so important. I learned to love books because of [...]
Flowers In The Forest
I have to confess to a guilty pleasure. I love reading biographies and autobiographies of rock stars. I think it’s because I lead such a normal, controlled life. I experience such vicarious pleasure reading about people who go totally berserk. Yes, they crash and burn in the end. But what a ride! Right now I’m [...]
Weird!
I just received an email letting me know that Richard Kimmel is following me on Twitter. Really!!!! Wow!!! Richard Kimmel was my smart cousin Richard. He was handsome, brilliant, talented. He could do anything and he did it all. Compared to Richard, the rest of the Kimmel cousins were a bunch of slobs. Richard went [...]
Eeeeek!!!
My last post was Ouch! This one is Eeeeek!!! I’ll tell you why. About five years ago I volunteered to be part of a medical study attempting to find out whether taking vitamin E and selenium supplements could help reduce the chances of getting prostate cancer. Why not? I was in perfect health. I’d be [...]
Ouch!
Good heavens! I just realized it’s been ages since I’ve posted anything on my blog. No excuses. Blame it on the last days of summer. It got started late here in Oregon. We didn’t have good weather until August. When the weather is good, you want to be outside in the sunshine because you know [...]