I put in half a day of work on Wednesday before realizing (when a concerned neighbor came over) that my beloved 1993 Honda Civic had been attacked in our own driveway while we slept. The driver’s window lay in small glass crumbs and the center of the dashboard, or what was left of it, was [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2005
Open WorldCat Opens My World
Looking back at my first take on the Open Worldcat toolbar last November, I have to wonder what alien invaded my body and led me to categorically conclude that I didn’t trust this tool and wouldn’t use it. Re-reading my post, it might have been titled, “I say it’s spinach, and I say to hell [...]
Say It Loud: I’m a Blog Person and Proud
Thanks to Michael Stephens for the inspiration and and Greg Schwartz for the perspiration!
Here’s my banner–feel free to copy it and put it in your site. Later when the day settles down I’ll give this link a permanent spot on my blog.
Following other examples, I’m linking it to the must-read satire, “Revenge of the [...]
Spotlight Review (and Open Worldcat Musings): The Night Gardener
In my writing program, I’m quickly developing an allergy to the memoir. Not that it isn’t a valid form, but I am starting to think, can anyone write anything but memoir?
The Night Gardener, by Marjorie Sandor, proves that the answer to that is a resounding “Yes.” These highly personal essays go above straightforward storytelling [...]










