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The Reviewer's Point of View
One who makes a practice of passing written judgement on books would do well to reveal at least some of the background and prejudices...
sursumcorda, 9 January 2010 |
A Little Princess
A Little Princess , by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1965) I picked this book up to...
New Year's Resolution #1 - Read More Books
New Year's resolutions are, I guess, a secular version of Lent, though without Easter to look forward to. I've never given much...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Jonathan Cape, 2003) As with Born to Run , I picked...
Christopher McDougall : Running :: Ina May Gaskin :...
Born to Run , by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, New York, 2009) A book about running? Not my thing. On my...
Phoebe's Quilt
UPDATE: The Second Edition of Phoebe's Quilt , corrected and expanded, is now available . My sister-in-law found...
New Record Set at Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning
You read it here first: Steven Perezluha, who this summer rode his bicycle from Florida to Alaska and back , has blown away the...
Quick Update
The trouble with being a reasonably regular poster is that people start to worry when you get too busy to write. When someone in...
Congratulations, I'm Getting Old
First, our daughter turns 30. Then over Thanksgiving I had the privilege of taking my first nephew-driven car ride (and a great...
On Giving and Receiving Advice
John C. Wright is a science fiction writer, but his essay, On Writer's Block struck me for its wider applicability in his...
A Tale of Two Museums
The Franklin Insitute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I don't remember my first visit to the Franklin Institute; I believe...
I Offer My Isaac
This morning, the mp3 player that powers the perpetually random assortment of music emanating from our stereo system struck up Stacey...
Tales of the Greek Heroes and The Tale of Troy
Tales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green (Puffin Books, London, 2002) and The Tale of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green...
Free Genealogy Program
RootsMagic , my favorite genealogy database program, has released RootsMagic Essentials , a version you can download that is...
An Owl Overhead
Some things one can never tire of, like the light of understanding in a child's eyes, the leap of the space shuttle into the sky, and...
Remembering the Unmemorable
In Forgetting the Unforgettable , I remarked on how ordinary were my diary entries when the Berlin Wall was breached. In a...
Remembering the Unforgettable
This day in 1918 marked the end of the War to End All Wars. Less than a handful of veterans of that war remain to be...
Forgetting the Unforgettable
Where were you 20 years ago today? My own journal entry is remarkably filled with the mundane details of life with two young...
Strange Bedfellows? Not Really
What do hippies and Christians have in common? A lot more than you might think. The stereotypes: Hippies are...
Why I'm Active on Facebook and My Kids Are Not
Today's Stone Soup says it all. Far from being boring, the people I know who are not active on Facebook are choosing instead...
Casting the Net, Vol. 19 - Heath and Politics
More from the backblog . . . The Strange Double Standards of Abortion John Stackhouse muses on the murder of abortion...
Casting the Net, Vol. 18 - Health
Despite my efforts, my backblog appears to be growing faster than I can deal with it. Here's a quick look at several interesting...
A Day with the Boys
Recently I enjoyed the position of Grandma-in-charge for Jonathan and Noah while the rest of the family spent the day in...
V-Fusion Passionfruit Tangerine
This actually seemed like a good idea at the grocery store. V-Fusion, by the same folks who brought you, "I could have had a...
Vitus
Funny how things click together in this world. I would never have heard of the award-winning Swiss movie, Vitus , had it not...