Monthly Archives: July 2012

I like voting -really, I do. Every Friday when I get the Bookreporter newsletter in my inbox, I go ‘straight to the poll’ and cast my vote. Wicked grin emerges if I’m among the first 20 voters on any given question … Continue reading →

Logic. It described Spock. It’s the counterpart to emotion. It’s the opposite of discipline. So, yes, I indulged in getting the free copy of Stephen J. Matlock’s Stars in the Texas Sky for a Kindle I refuse to own (thank you again … Continue reading →

This past week saw the passing of Sally Ride and what would have been Amelia Earhart’s 115th birthday. As a child, Amelia didn’t make the same impact on me as the Wright Brothers or Helen Keller or Albert Einstein. Yet … Continue reading →

 FREE! It’s a good thing – be it music from iTunes, Amazon MP3 or Kindle reads, Library offerings in hardback, paperback, digital download. This was a fabulous find worth reading: Stars in the Texas Sky by Stephen J. Matlock.

Sometimes getting the ‘big picture’ requires a smaller view of things. Perspective from the mountain peaks works, too. Or wandering along the waterfront, strolling by the shore. What ways help allow for a mental escape? Music, meditation, musing, mischief?

Sometimes one has to remember that Nature creates a better picture than a sketcher or painter can. Then again, the talented ones – be it with fabric and thread, needle and yarn, watercolor and paper – can create their own … Continue reading →