If you haven’t heard or read about Mountaintop Removal yet, I would urge you to do so by first reading this article–Kentucky writers speak out against mountaintop removal: A year ago, the writers took a daylong tour of mountaintop removal mining sites in Eastern Kentucky and came away nearly militant in their resolve. The tour was led by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a statewide … Read More Mountaintop Removal
Meg Wolitzer’s novel, The Wife, is a book that every wife should read. No, every husband should read. No, every female writer should read. No, every writer should read. NO, every PERSON who has ever been in a relationship with anyone should read. At its core this is a book about relationships–the barters we make, the deals we strike, the things we give up, … Read More The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer
The first time I heard about Brad Kessler‘s new novel, Birds in Fall, was when I read an excerpt of it in the most recent Kenyon Review. I was completely awestruck and even more so once I read the follow up interview between Kessler and fiction editor, Nancy Zafris. Then when my dear friend Kat read the novel, she passed it on to me. … Read More Birds in Fall & Winged Migration
For some reason I have avoided reading Anthony Swofford’s memoir Jarhead until now. I suppose I thought it would be all gung-ho on war. I just didn’t know and wasn’t sure I could take it. But then a friend mentioned she was reading it and how kick ass she thought it was and so I decided to read it, too, and boy am I … Read More Jarhead, by Anthony Swofford
and read The Canadian Writers Collective , eh?
Had a dream last night/this morning in which my mother and I were going to take some friends of mine to the Bronx Zoo. When my mother was looking for directions, I told her she was wrong to look for the zoo in the Bronx. “Everyone knows it’s in Brooklyn,” I said. Everyone left me to go get ready for the zoo (incidentally, I … Read More What’s it all about, Alfie?
C&L has this essay from Mike Farrell on his feelings after watching HBO’s Baghdad ER: I want the criminals who lied and cheated and pretended and twisted and perverted reality – and those who rationalized their crimes – so they could send over 2400 servicemen and woman to their death, nearly 18,000 to come home torn – some never to be whole again – … Read More Mike Farrell on "Baghdad ER"
You’ll be wanting to listen to this: ‘Lost’ Cameo Leads to Revival of Obscure Book
Read a great article in The New Yorker about Cesar Milan, aka The Dog Whisperer. I loved reading about what this guy does at his Dog Psychology Center. Here’s more information from the web site: Cesar Millan teaches that, in order to properly fulfill both our dogs and ourselves, we need to become our canine’s calm, assertive pack leaders. A dog that doesn’t trust … Read More The Dog Whisperer
Sleep eludes me and I have two projects due tomorrow. So apologies for my silence the past couple of days. I’ll be back later tomorrow or Wednesday or Thursday or Friday. Or maybe I won’t.
here is the doppler. This is my driveway a little less than two hours ago.Here it is now. So far no flood warnings, but the rain just picked up and is now torrential.
We had a few days of sun/clouds–drier. It was nice. Almost made me feel human again. This is the end of my street last Sunday. The water is still rushing through at this same spot. Another view of the end of my street on Sunday.The front yard with rain falling on Sunday (this photo was taken during DAYLIGHT!)Today, it is raining again–thunder and rain, … Read More wet
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