A World View

January 16th, 2014
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Something To Think About. . .

“The world is before you
and you need not take it
or leave it as it was when you came in.”
~ James Baldwin
Heavy Fog Rolls Into New York City
NY Metro Weather via Earthcam
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Mental Relaxation

January 8th, 2013
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Planes, trains, cars and boats are not always at the ready to take us to dreamy destinations. Work, finances and other life responsibilities sometimes get in the way of traveling even though everyone needs take occasional breaks from their surroundings, especially if life is particularly stressful or painful. You can’t always take a vacation even if you really need or want one. But you can read a book. I saw this wonderful saying from Dr. Suess (posted above) on one of my favorite websites, The Silver Pen (www.thesilverpen.com) and was reminded of the magical healing power of reading and books.… Read More

Remember Bookstores?

November 1st, 2012
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Washington, DC’s historic Union Station I read yesterday that another bookstore — Barnes & Noble in Union Station — is biting the dust and it’s just incredible to me that a bookstore, in the nation’s capitol, in a train station, where you can buy a wide variety of things to read, is closing. I posted about this wonderful book store in December 2011 (Books @ Union Station December 8, 2011) and find it sad that it will soon be closed.  Do people not read books anymore?  I find that hard to believe.  Whenever I’m on Metro people are reading and … Read More

Maurice Sendak’s Night Kitchen

May 9th, 2012
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Is there anything more innocent than holding your child in your lap and reading them a book? The emailed news alert yesterday announcing that Maurice Sendak, 83, had died of a stroke immediately made me think of that cherished time many, many years ago when my wiggly young son would sit in my lap and I would read book after book to him. Maurice Sendak will forever be known as the author and illustrator of his signature award-winning children’s book, “Where The Wild Things Are,” but in our household we knew Maurice Sendak for his other award-winning book, “In The… Read More

Steve Jobs

October 6th, 2011
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I didn’t always understand the impact of the products Steve Jobs enthusiastically developed for his cutting edge company, Apple, but what I admired about Steve Jobs was his tenacity. He just never quit. He never quit battling cancer and he never quit inventing new tecky products that we didn’t realized we needed until we got his incredible Apple products in our hands.  Take an Apple iPod.  I can’t run or sit on my stationary bicycle without my iPod and I know lots of people who can’t live without their Macs! The way his mind worked was fascinating.  Talk about using… Read More