I recently attended a presentation hosted by the Stratford Historical Society by Keith Miller, who spoke of the roughly 1000 men who served in the Civil War from Fairfield County, Connecticut. There were probably about 50 people in the audience and it was clear that many of them wanted to discuss Civil War topics with … Continue reading
For three and a half years, Kenneth Stroud of the RAF was a Japanese POW during World War II, having been captured when Japan conquered Singapore and imprisoned on an Indonesian island. Ever since then, he’s lived with the memories of hunger, illness, and the brutality of a particularly cruel enemy. Amazingly, he harbors no … Continue reading
I’m not proud of it, but I’ve gone to the copy shop twice this week to get a paper version of my manuscript printed. At 400 pages and $0.10/page, it cost $40 to print once – yikes! Why can’t I just learn to edit on the computer? It just seems easier on paper. I can … Continue reading
This is a list of memoirs that I’ve read since I began writing my own memoir, as well as a few I’ve read before my project and a few that are still on my bookshelf. Some are better written than others. Recommendations welcome! Me Melvin ‘N Andy by Andy Anderson Nautilus 90 North by William … Continue reading
I recently attended the reading of a new play by Jan Neuberger at the Newtown Arts Festival. The three-character cast sat/stood on stage with music stands to hold their scripts. The play was great, but I was more impressed with the actor and actresses who “read” their parts. To me, it seemed as if they … Continue reading
Are we all destined for oblivion without name recognition? Check out the August 31, 2013 article in the New York Times titled “Long Odds for Authors Newly Published.”
I was thinking as I posted my old high school reading list for English class that I should start a few lists of my own. Here’s my first attempt at a book list for one of my favorite subjects – New England! I’ll add more titles as I think of them. Adult Fiction: The Running … Continue reading
I’m always curious about what high school kids are asked to read in their English classes these days. I’ve had a few conversations with friends about we read back in the 1980s. Call me a packrat, but I found my own reading lists from my 9th and 10th grades. I only have the outside reading … Continue reading
“Nothing remains the same. When a man goes back to look at the house of his childhood, it has always shrunk: there is no instance of such a house being as big as the picture in memory and imagination for.” — Mark Twain As I passed through Hannibal, Missouri, on my recent cross-country trip, I … Continue reading
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