The Power of Words
Have there been books, speeches, movies or television shows, or even poems that had a profound influence on your perception of something? Perhaps with the exception of a speech by a world leader, do you think the author of that work knew he or she would have such an influence? I’ve mentioned before a quotation […]
A Writers’ Work is Never Done (by others)
In the Steve Martin movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen, there’s a scene where, two days after Bonnie Hunt (the wife) is told her book will be published, she opens the door and her friend is standing there with the book - already published, with a glossy, sensational cover. Friend breathlessly announces that it […]
Fact, Fiction, or Faction?
Did you ever hear your child tell a friend about something and wonder how he managed to get all the facts wrong? Did you ever re-tell something at a family gathering and have your parent, your sibling, or your own child argue the facts -when you vividly remembered every detail? For 40-something years, I carried […]
Just For Fun Friday 11/29/13
It’s Black Friday. Are you participating in the madness? Black Friday wasn’t always a day that got our hearts thumping. It was originally associated with a financial crisis of 1869. Hmm…in the long run, not much has changed, has it? Jumping forward in history, the earliest reference of Black Friday to the shopping day after […]
The Opinions of Experts
Years ago my son, Andrew, did a pencil study of his favorite place for his high school art class. He captured his fishing spot at his grandfather’s, where he sat under the willow that leaned out over the pond and caught bream and catfish, as clearly as any black and white photograph. The drawing was stunning. We […]
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