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The Walkabout & Gender
I need to make changes to my dormant publishing company’s website and, in the process, I read my “About” copy today: Located in Charlotte, NC, Walkabout Press publishes nonfiction and fiction books and web content for an active, intelligent, and … Continue reading
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Hello, again.
I’m glad to be back at Calls to Adventure after an extended time away: five years (rounding up). I’ve been on a five-year walkabout during which I learned many things. One, for example, is that I miss this space. When I last … Continue reading
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So much beauty in the world…and nothing to fear.
That’s the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video’s a poor excuse, I know. But it helps … Continue reading
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Paterno passes the puck with passive voice
I just read read a piece online (link to article in quote), and I’m peeved. There’s a more powerful phrase that alliterates with today’s P’s: I’m pi**ed off. Allow me my soap pox for the moment: “Paterno ‘knew inappropriate action … Continue reading
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Farming and Feeding
This, on “Talk of the Nation,” driving up to work this afternoon: We’ve got to produce as much food by 2050 as we have in the last 8,000 years in order to feed our planet’s population. I’d cite the source … Continue reading
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