I bought this book for the fan factor: anything Christine Dente does I want to see. But as I read it I discovered other artists I appreciated and their insights into alcoholism, loss, rock star lifestyle, writing and aging. The Art of Being is a compilation of essays that will benefit Finding Balance, a faith-based […]
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The Art of Being: book review
October 21st, 2004 · 2 Comments
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“Isn’t a broken promise the wickedest thing?”
October 5th, 2004 · 1 Comment
From Julia Sauer’s The Light at Tern Rock, which the girls and I read today… Ronnie flung down his towel and burst out, “Aunt Marthy, isn’t a broken promise the wickedest thing on earth?” Martha Morse took her hands out of the water and gave the question her full attention. “I don’t believe so, ” […]
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Lies My Teacher Told Me
September 29th, 2004 · 6 Comments
Lies My Teacher Told Me is for anyone who has ever fallen asleep in history class. Or so it says on the back of the book by James W. Loewen. I don’t fit into this category. I don’t remember ever falling sleep in history class. But I wasn’t that excited by it. I took history […]
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Doing the books: quick reviews
September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on Doing the books: quick reviews
Actually I should be paying the bills tonight…so I should go do that, but for a moment, here are some quick book reviews from the past month… Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt and Sweet Land Stories by E.L. Doctorow I read both of these on our San Francisco trip – on the […]
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Michelle Malkin’s impact on the island
September 4th, 2004 · 8 Comments
I haven’t kept up with the debate concerning Michelle Malkin and her book In Defense of Internment. However, while reading the local papers I noticed that her opinions seem to be affecting the schools on Bainbridge Island, the first place where Japanese-Americans were evacuated under Executive Order #9066. From the Bremerton Sun Japanese internment curriculum […]
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