I was commenting to asakiyume about how I was watching film clips, as I often do when resting my hands. I guess I was drawn to such after hearing that the wannabe Putin is trying to take control of intelligence and data gathering, and it is so depressing to consider how few of my fellow Americans have a sense of history--or of consequences ( Read more... )

This campaign, participated in by a slew of fellow writers to raise consciousness of mental health and depression related issues, has my entry here.

Friendships seem to be okay in books, film, and TV, but heaven forbid anyone is committed, except in these favorites.

What are yours?

So we're trading off holding down the fort between repair people showing up, eldercare-related medical visits, and voting, someone always having to be here for said repair people (you know that "Will arrive sometime between noon and six p.m." routine ( Read more... )

This one came via supergee. Though it was not only funny, but typical of the Quakers I know.

Though I have to observe that the Quakers I know don't actually quake. But I suspect it's too late to call themselves Penners, though a lot of them have written some pretty good stuff.

Rachelmanija and I talk about"specialness" in our reading and subsequently our approach in writing.

Reflections of immortality? Personal expression? Scam? Challenge? Looks at street art, rock art and possible meanings.

Deborah J. Ross talks about it over at BVC in what I thought was a thought-provoking post.

Some thoughts about Danny by Steven Harper and an interview.

I think he makes the magical realism element work with a tough subject--whereas another book, one getting max publicity, from a very popular writer, doesn't.

I thought this post by mrissa spot on in so many ways.

Not just the wrongness of so many would-be helpful posts about "the care and feeding of" introverts (actually, that care and feeding of bit has always irked me with its sly condescension with a veneer of being wise), but about the different types of extroverts ( Read more... )