Archive for October, 2009
Gold Medal Award goes to…”Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POP!
My father, Erwin A. Thompson, turns 94 this November 9th. What could make a better birthday present than winning an award for a book you put a lifetime of heart into?
That’s just what happened when his poetry book “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage–a family and friends poetry anthology and some of [...]
Poet Afzal Shauq
Karim Khan, our man in Pakistan, sent me a link revealing the work of poet Afzal Shauq. I think you’ll like it. Karim in country editor for Instanlogs.
Riehl’s community art honored on Shadows on Stone
Patrick Gracewood on his Shadows on Stone blog picked up an interview by Susan Gallacher Turner on about my visual arts career. He shaped it into a post I found useful–as if the subject of the post were someone I knew, but not me.
Patrick is “an artist, sculptor and designer interested in the intersection [...]
Riehlife gets an “atta girl” from Bobbi Linkemer
Nice “atta girl” from Bobbi Linkemer of Writing a Nonfiction Book
Riehl Life, founded by artist, writer, poet, and musician Janet Grace Riehl, defies description. It is just plain beautiful, international in flavor, and mind stretching. You just have to go there to understand what I mean. Janet has enough talent for 20 people and fascinating [...]
Buddha in a Cup of Tea–Vince Horn & Kenneth Cohen
Buddhist Geeks? Yup. To listen in to a conversation about tea and spiritual practice, click here.
“The Energy of Life” :Contemplation by Hal Manogue
And now…something a little different. Here’s a contemplation from the connective mind of my blogging buddy and friend Hal Manogue who writes both poems and essays. His books include:
Short Sleeves Insights
Short Sleeves Spirit Songs
Short Sleeves A Book for Friends (2007 & 2008 collections)
Check out his website and his blog. –JGR
Janet
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THE ENERGY OF LIFE
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Powerful Young Voice Silences the U.N. for Five Minutes
In 1992 Severn Suzuki of Canada addressed the United Nations on behalf of E.C.O. the Environmental Children’s Organization. Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and Severn traveled 5,000 miles to implore the United Nations for change. Her voice is strong and eloquent.
Here’s the original link.
The Daily Challenge, the official blog for Do-Gooders, has a good [...]
Writing Process Tips by Damaria Senne
Damaria Senne, my blogging buddy and friend from South Africa, is adept at both professional and creative writing.
Check out her tips here as she describes her process.
Blowing Bubbles: Playing to Learn
Blowing bubbles as a scientific experiment. How far away from your mouth makes the best bubble? Where on the hill? What about wind currents?
Children know the answers to these questions. Do you?
“Savage Detectives,” by Roberto Bolano (reviewed by Mathew Freeman)
JGR Note: The Savage Detectives (Los Detectives Salvajes in Spanish) is an award-winning novel published by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño in 1998. Go here for a cool Excel chart of the mammoth second section of “Savage Detectives.”
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Roberto Bolano is newly the ‘it’ guy of world literature. In Savage Detectives he takes us on the [...]
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