Yesterday, November 11, 2018, was the 100th anniversary of the signing of the treaty that ended the 1914-1918 war, usually called World War I, known then as “the war to end all wars.” We all know now that although that name was filled with hope, that hope was quickly dashed. In ceremonies in many countries, …
I shared this post on my other blog a couple of weeks ago, but its message is so important that I wanted to share it here, today, as well. Music can truly be like a candle lighting the darkness, whatever darkness might surround a person. This post will show how music created light in one …
For the balance of this time of alphabetical blogging, I intend to focus on recommending books I’ve read that have particularly touched me. Thanks for joining me in this reading journey. You might also be interested in following my personal challenge to read a picture book every morning, which I’m posting about on my Facebook …
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There’s a fabulous article in the December 2017 issue of Vanity Fair magazine that I want to draw your attention to. It is about artist extraordinaire James McMullan — as Vanity Fair calls him, “Performance Artist.” That moniker is a tribute to the many posters he has done for Lincoln Center productions over the past …
There is more than one meaning for the word inspiration. Inspiration is what writers wait for — a flash of ideas that flows onto the page. Inspiration is a warming of the heart and a quickening of the mind by someone or something who has done something that amazes or uplifts us. Inspiration is the …
Title: Falling Over Sideways Author: Jordan Sonnenblick Publisher: New York: Scholastic, 2016 Genre: Upper MG, Lower YA Fiction Audience Age: 10 to 14 Themes topics: Parental illness, stroke, family problems, school problems, dance, music Opening Sentences: I’m waiting in the wings, watching all of the fathers dancing onstage. Well, all of the fathers except mine. …
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For today’s post, I had planned to read and recommend an E book (not an e-book, a book with a title beginning with the letter E.) However, although I’ve requested the book from the many-many-miles-away library, it hasn’t arrived at my branch yet. When I started thinking about E words, this is what emerged. When …
Quite some time ago, Langston Hughes wrote a poem called I Dream a World. Despite some non-inclusive language (it was from another era) it resonates with me. It begins I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn… That is a …