SILLY WOKE
Flippant “woke” judgments are as dangerous to our union as the superficial judgments made by racists ad embittered patriarchs.
News & Book Reviews — Page 4
FRANK, THE GUTTER GUY
Vermont got flooded Sunday through Monday and I had an airline ticket for Tuesday. My house was not threatened and the roads were passable to the airport, but my gutters were not functioning. I left behind two garbage pails to catch the water cascading from my roof and some cardboard leaders to guide the waterContinue reading “FRANK, THE GUTTER GUY”
Hot weather and me: Hot weather and my dog
I’m not a sun bunny, not at all. I don’t venture out between 10 and 4, so today (85 degrees outside) I ventured out at 4:30 (pm) to transplant some zinnias, dig a deep hole, and transplant a blueberry plant. Hardly what I would call hard labor. It took me less than an hour, andContinue reading “Hot weather and me: Hot weather and my dog”
U.S. ABORTION LAWS. What a mess.
A righteous person would not subject anyone, including both the woman herself and her loved ones, to the suffering caused by these laws.
WAS IT CATHARTIC/SAD TO WRITE THIS BOOK?
People from total strangers to close friends often say, “It must have been cathartic to write the book,” or “It must have been sad to write the book. Did you cry a lot?” The answer to both questions is no.
WHAT’S MY ELEVATOR PITCH?
An author must have an elevator pitch.
AMERICA AND THE IRAQ WAR: a review of A STRANGER IN YOUR OWN CITY, by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
One point of the book is summed up on page 126. An Iraqi man torn between warring factions says, “‘I am between two fires, my Sunni neighbours who would kill me if I don’t go out with them into the street, and the Shia militia.’ He paused before correcting himself. ‘No, three fires—there are the Americans, too.'”
WHO ARE THE ABORTION EXPERTS?
Whatever happens in our near future, women will find a way to maintain control over their lives, just as they always have.
HOW NOT TO KILL YOURSELF, by Clancy Martin
A definitive, comprehensive, ultimately optimistic investigation into the suicidal mind.