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International Women’s Day? No, Thanks! 8 Mar 2013 | 09:29 pm
Today, I believe, is International Women’s Day. The significance of this day would have escaped my notice if it were not for the radio station in my car exhorting the listeners every few minutes to “r...
The Courage to Live 31 Oct 2012 | 07:33 pm
As much fortitude as it takes to ride into the thick of war to defend one’s cause/nation, it takes as much courage to live through the daily details of one’s life under inhumane conditions. I can only...
Gandhi, the Mahatma 2 Oct 2012 | 09:43 pm
Today marks the 143rd birth anniversary of an individual who was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and later was given the loving title of Father of the (Indian) Nation. He is more popularly known as th...
Point of View 4 Sep 2012 | 05:25 pm
I recently read, back to back, two works of fiction that are based on one historical figure’s life. I didn’t expect them to be overly similar, but I wasn’t prepared for them to be so different either....
Faith, Effort and Results 19 Jun 2012 | 01:32 am
I originally posted the article below close to two years ago, when I first spent a day at a State Music Teachers’ Association Convention. I’ve spent the last weekend at this year’s convention again. I...
First Lines, First Impressions 5 Jun 2012 | 12:25 am
Ever since I began looking at books from a writer’s perspective (in addition to a reader’s), I’ve heard that a book’s first line is the best way to hook or lose your reader. So much so that, in this e...
Miss Read 8 May 2012 | 02:45 am
Miss Read: it’s the name of one of my all-time favorite authors. Dora Saint was her real name, but she was better known by her pseudonym, Miss Read. Dora Saint worked as a school teacher before she b...
My Taskmistress 27 Apr 2012 | 04:49 am
She encourages, she cajoles, she lures. She commands, she hustles, she coerces. If all else fails, she won’t think twice about using threats and bribes to get me off my back side and to work. Who am ...
Dystopian Fantasy 17 Apr 2012 | 05:56 am
Merriam Webster dictionary defines Dystopia as: An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives Anti-Utopia Dystopia derives from the combination of the two Greek words dys...
Why Trick Them into Good Decisions? 30 Mar 2012 | 01:22 am
Have you watched these commercials on T.V? Sunny-D Orange juice Fiber One cereal Johnsonville Chicken sausages What do they all have in common? They claim that the products they are advertising ar...
