http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/world/americas/20burro.html
A bookmobile on a burro!
The above article and the following links to YouTube videos are worth a few moments of your time if you want to learn about a very generous and determined man, Luis Soriano. This is a heartwarming and mind-inspiring story!
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way… Luis Soriano… and a [...]
Pretty Good
by Charles Osgood
from the Osgood File, 1986
[copied from http://holyjoe.org/poetry/osgood1.htm, with thanks to Joe Horn for sharing it and to Dr. Falvo for alerting me to the reference]
There once was a pretty good student
Who sat in a pretty good class
And was taught by a pretty good teacher
Who always let pretty good pass.
He wasn’t terrific at [...]
~ The following is edited and excerpted from an unknown original source ~
What if things were switched around?…..think about it.
Ponder the following:
What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage at the Democratic National Convention, including a five-month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?
What if John McCain was a former president [...]
http://blogactionday.org/ is today!!!
My thoughts on poverty are too complicated to post in a quick few moments, so I will miss the deadline for today (too many other commitments with a 10/15 deadline!)
But I will say that the recent (and ongoing) financial mess has me thinking a lot more about purchases I make, feeling stronger gratitude [...]
I recently discovered a new website (one from which I registered to receive daily writing tips via email)
http://www.dailywritingtips.com
Today’s post intrigued me; have you ever heard of an octothorpe? I can almost guarantee that you’ll recognize one wants you realize the name it’s been assigned… (read on):
Dial One, Followed by the Octothorpe
Posted: 15 Oct 2008 [...]
photo courtesy of ‘fabdawg’ (Flickr photos)
The below link will take you to a site with lots of incredible photos from Hurricane Ike. Sobering, fascinating, awe-inspiring –
http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people%20have%20sent%20me.html
Events like this, when reviewed, after the fact, always remind me of the innate resilience of humankind. Awful things happen to lots of people — and yet so many survive, [...]
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