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Said and Done
There are so many stories and thoughts I'd like to share. I consider them noteworthy, or, blogworthy if you will.
Posts are organized by categories, shown below, for easy access. Please use the Contact page to share comments and/or questions.
Feb 22, 2017
"...a Pied Piper of a book..."
When book reviewer and blogger Sarah Curtis Graziano recently selected Thornton Burgess' children's classic Old Mother West Wind to...
Feb 5, 2017
FATE
"Why are you doing a biography on an archaeologist?" Some people have been curious about the origin of my interest in writing about Dr....
Jan 12, 2017
WRITING AGAIN
January 2, 2017 was the day I would begin writing again. For two years I have been conducting research for an authorized biography on...
Jan 8, 2017
Family
Christmas was just two weeks ago, so I'll slip in a last Christmas 2016 story... I was preparing for the family gathering at Rob and...
Dec 26, 2016
Writers, T'is the Season
When I was teaching English Composition at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, I adapted "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and on the...
Nov 16, 2016
November Too*
Do not dismiss November as a throw-away month, a collection of weeks that precedes and follows holidays or you may miss the...
Nov 1, 2016
Wealth: A Perspective
The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve's Fourth Annual Coastal Conference will be held Dec. 6 - 7 at the Hyannis Resort and...
Oct 19, 2016
Elections
It is four days after arthroscopic knee surgery, and my turtle-speed with a metal walker is steadily improving. Pauli stopped by with a...
Oct 6, 2016
An Historic Gathering
In late July, 2012, I was a few days away from mailing the publisher my finished manuscript for Nature's Ambassador: The Legacy of...
Sep 16, 2016
THE 1931 MATAMEK CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL CYCLES
BURGESS This is the third post (see "Migratory Bird Treaty," "Klamath River Reclamation") that highlights children’s author Thornton...
Sep 6, 2016
IT'S ABOUT TIME...
Since I’ve let three post-less months pass without so much as a lame or cryptic explanation, it might be appropriate to offer some form...
Aug 29, 2016
WHEN CHILDREN ARE TEACHERS
No crystal ball could have prepared me for a day in which I would have two grandchildren in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and two grandchildren...
May 18, 2016
A KLAMATH RIVER RESTORATION CAMPAIGN ...IN 1926
For those who lauded the recent historic signing of agreements that would by 2020 bring down four hydroelectric dams blocking salmon and...
Apr 8, 2016
THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY AND THORNTON W. BURGESS
The 1916 Migratory Bird Treaty has been a powerful piece of American conservation legislation for 100 years, but few know about the...
Mar 31, 2016
PERSPECTIVE
One of the best things about a party, food and drink aside, is the potential to encounter new people, new ideas and information, or new...
Feb 12, 2016
A MAN WHO LOVED DEEPLY
With Valentine's Day approaching, I'm reminded of the privilege I had as a writer to witness a special love story, and would like to...
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