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Excerpt from DODGERS ESSENTIAL

by Steven Robert Travers

“THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER” After Koufax retired in the fall of 1966, little was expected of the Dodgers, and that was...

WHILE WALKING HALIFAX HARBOUR

by Dale Estey

As I walked the harbour in Halifax I came across the following. Reportedly the largest and fastest sailing craft on earth. It is impressive...

Books Make Great Holiday Gifts

by Marilyn Kallet

At small cost, a book can be a fantastic gift. And if you customize it with a signature--even better! There are...

A SENTIMENTAL CAT

by James GAitis

I’m a sentimental cat, particularly when it comes to cats and dogs and the love people share through them. So here’s my poem...

WAS HITCHCOCK IN HEAVEN, DIRECTING?

by Dale Estey

As I hung out a wash the other day, part way through, a crow settled on the upper branches of a tree. A...

Ann Jones "Kabul in Winter: Life Without...

by Julia Stein

Ann Jones has written a book that explains why the U.S. is losing in Afghanistan. She is a American journalist and photographer who...

Peace

by Cynthia A Clampitt

The suggested topic of the week—peace—is an interesting one. I particularly liked the quote from Dorothy Thompson, that when most people speak of...

Which Bird Are You?

by Jessica Barksdale Inclan

A particular Stellar Jay has figured out--as best he can based on his size--how to get seed from our bird feeder. It's not...

A. NaNoWriMo is bad. B. NaNoWriMo is...

by Jeffrey A Ricker

It's nine days until the end of the month, and as I expected, I'm behind. By the end of today, according to the...

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro...

by Gina Collia-Suzuki

My third book has just been released; all 612 pages of it. 'The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: A Descriptive Catalogue' is...

From the Mail Bag

by Michael Thomas Ford

For some reason Mondays bring the most reader mail. I don't know if it's because people have more time over the weekend and...

Stories Change Lives

by Eugenia Kim

The North Korean capture and Clinton-assisted release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee brought a compelling human element into a conflict that...

The Best Way to Get Me to...

by Matthew Michael Hanlon

Now I know, or at least I should know, by now, never, ever to promise anything. Even in that off-handed kind of way....

AMAZON BESTSELLER BEST SELLER DAY DECEMBER 9––HERE...

by Sandy O Nathan

My Amazon Bestseller Best seller Book Party is coming right up: December 9 2008. I’m doing one of those “bust into the Amazon...

Elegant, lyrical, a universal voice - A...

by Yerra Sugarman

The Bag of Broken Glass 5.0 out of 5 stars Elegant, lyrical, a universal voice......., June 8, 2008By Laurel Johnson (Nebraska USA) -...

Writers Unite, or Why I'm Tired of...

by Sue Guiney

I woke up this morning, looked at my diary, and it clearly said "write blog." I knew exactly what I was going to...

Erika Mailman Influences: Someone once said all authors are reinventing the books they read when they were in fifth grade. For me, that's true to a large extent. I was a voracious bookworm...