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The Lost Art of Penmanship

Word by Word: The Lost Art of Penmanship

The Lost Art of Penmanship I peer through the magnifying glass, squinting at the delicate letters in front of me. They are as thin and spidery as the webs I bushed away when I took the letters out of their battered cardboard box, and my eyes…

Five Reasons Twitter is Great for Writers

Networking is a difficult thing to do when gas prices are high. I’d love to meet and discuss literature with all of the writers of the world, but alas, my car would probably die before I made it to the Grand Canyon, and my fancy jet is in…
1984

1984 and the Battle Against Censorship

1984 and the Battle Against Censorship “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan,…

Bradbury lit the spark of imagination – PPC

Pencils and Pop-Culture: Bradbury Lit the Spark of Imagination The passing of Ray Bradbury yesterday at the age of 91 fills me with a certain kind of nostalgic sadness. His writings, from “Fahrenheit 451” to “The October Country” to…

“Mad Men” Water Cooler – “Lady Lazarus”

Mad Men Water Cooler - "Lady Lazarus" Welcome to this week's edition of our "Mad Men" Water Cooler! Beyond this point, spoilers be waiting, so if you read on, beware, beware ... Often a recap talks about the events of an episode, without…
Mad Men

Mad Men Water Cooler – “Signal 30”

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Welcome to your Weekly "Mad Men " Water Cooler! “Mad Men” represents some of the best in music, design, art and writing, and each week we use it as a lens to examine broader themes of creativity and the arts. Read on for more about this…
Thank You Day

Noteworthy Thoughts on National Thank You Day

Noteworthy Thoughts on National Thank You Day When was the last time you said, “Thank You?” Think about it for a second. Was it when the barista at your local coffee shop handed you your lunch-break latte this afternoon? Or when your …
Jim Morrison Poetry

Lighting the Fire: The Poetry of Jim Morrison

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Lighting the Fire: The Poetry of Jim Morrison “The time to hesitate is through,/No time to wallow in the mire,/Try now we can only lose,/And our love becomes a funeral pyre.” These words, whose rhyme and meter evoke images of Byron,…

Pencils and Pop Culture: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio Never Goes Away

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio Never Goes Away "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you..." There is an aura that surrounds the life of Joe DiMaggio that doesn't occur with any other baseball…

The Monster at the End of This Blog

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When I was a little kid, I was the biggest scaredy cat you’ve ever met. I was terrified of the idea of ghosts, and the mere mention of wicked witches or vampires was enough to send me running from the room. Even Disney villains frightened…