Greetings, dear readers. Today, I’m writing to honor my friend, Dr. Rita Bornstein, Rollins College President Emeritus, who died peacefully this week, on January 9, 2023, at her home here in Winter Park, Florida. Her accomplishments are legendary; her life of service was outstanding. I’ll give you some links to … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Happy 2024! I send you all good wishes for health and happiness this year and many thanks for subscribing to this blog. Today, I encourage us to do one thing this year: read more books, as many as you can. I say let’s devour books freely like scruptious … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. As we near the end of 2023, the seventh year of Undertow’s journey into the world, I’m pleased to honor one of the people who endorsed my memoir, Undertow. This post is the behind-the-scenes story of how a former founder of The Religious Right, Frank Schaeffer, graciously read … [Read more…]
Happy Holidays to you, dear readers! Just sliding by on my magic sleigh to spread some holiday cheer from my desk to your email, delivering virtual gifts: a few of my favorite quotes and uplifting thoughts from slips of paper taped on the mirror, tacked on the bulletin board, and … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Today I want to honor Barry Lopez (1945 – Christmas Day, 2020), one of America’s finest thinkers and writers. I so admire and love his honesty and especially love and recommend his book Resistance (Vintage Books, 2004). It’s a slim little volume of nine fictional stories about individuals … [Read more…]