Cross Posting
I was asked to write the update page for our website today, because not only were we announcing a new title, but we were also featuring an essay written by a friend of mine. I thought it had something important to say, so I'm posting it here, with the Boss' permission.
A Fresh Cup - Keen Beans
In this hectic, multi-tasking, espresso-drinking, Bluetooth-on-the-move world of ours, everything seems to whip by us at a blur and we miss some of the most amazing, beautiful and ingenious things the world has to offer. For one moment today, put down the iPad, turn off the mobile, stand still and look. Look up, look down, look at the grass, a tree, a flower, a cloud, but look and, more importantly, see what's going on around you.
If you can't bring yourself to disconnect for one minute, go download Pops Burkett's latest in the Read With Me, Pops series, Let's Go Exploring In the Backyard, and read it with someone you love - or better yet, let that early reader in your life read it to you. Available wherever you feed your ereaders.
Karlton B. Douglas, who has not only looked at the world we live in but built worlds of his own, and revisited worlds gone by, has written a wonderful, encouraging and insightful essay for What Writers Write. Have a look.
You may now resume your espressos and Bluetooths.
Emjae (for the Boss, who is brewing up some Inknbeans Coffee to get us through the day)
The new book is wonderful, and if you've got early readers or just want a fun book to read with your tiny persons on a quiet summer afternoon, this is the one. It's full of great photos and pleasant grandpops-to-precious-ones style narrative. If you want it in print, check the menu board at Inknbeans.com for a $3.50 discount.
Now I'm going to claim some of that aforementioned coffee and get back to work.
A Fresh Cup - Keen Beans
In this hectic, multi-tasking, espresso-drinking, Bluetooth-on-the-move world of ours, everything seems to whip by us at a blur and we miss some of the most amazing, beautiful and ingenious things the world has to offer. For one moment today, put down the iPad, turn off the mobile, stand still and look. Look up, look down, look at the grass, a tree, a flower, a cloud, but look and, more importantly, see what's going on around you.
If you can't bring yourself to disconnect for one minute, go download Pops Burkett's latest in the Read With Me, Pops series, Let's Go Exploring In the Backyard, and read it with someone you love - or better yet, let that early reader in your life read it to you. Available wherever you feed your ereaders.
Karlton B. Douglas, who has not only looked at the world we live in but built worlds of his own, and revisited worlds gone by, has written a wonderful, encouraging and insightful essay for What Writers Write. Have a look.
You may now resume your espressos and Bluetooths.
Emjae (for the Boss, who is brewing up some Inknbeans Coffee to get us through the day)
The new book is wonderful, and if you've got early readers or just want a fun book to read with your tiny persons on a quiet summer afternoon, this is the one. It's full of great photos and pleasant grandpops-to-precious-ones style narrative. If you want it in print, check the menu board at Inknbeans.com for a $3.50 discount.
Now I'm going to claim some of that aforementioned coffee and get back to work.