Pastels & Prose: Thoughts

Pastels & Prose: Thoughts Camille Isaacs Morell shares, in her images and words, the beauty, the joy and the love of her life, her family, and what she has seen. And you really can share her journey. A journey of discovery, fraught with the challenges and bestowed with love. You can find out more about

Memorial Essay Prize: Sunday Thought

Memorial Essay Prize: Sunday Thought A friend shared an interesting project by Here is an interesting and insightful project by the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism (Truthout). They are a “nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.” They were founded in 2001. They strive for “accuracy,

Prince of Fire: Thoughts

Prince of Fire: Thoughts While this is the fifth, Gabriel Allon novel by Daniel Silva way back in the day, it was my first. As I am currently rereading the series in order, I was hooked. Silva knows how to tell a story, get his character beaten up, add perspective and insights into the messy

Art of Social Media: 7 Great Tips

Art of Social Media: 7 Great Tips These tips are my insights based on the book, The Art of Social Media, by Guy Kawasaki, and Peg Fitzpatrick. Here is my review of the book. Bill Vaughn quote applies to social media as well: “In the game of life, it’s a good idea to have a few

Maximum: Restorative Justice

Maximum: Restorative Justice When reading Julius Melinitzer’s “Maximum Medium Minimum” it is more than one man’s journey through the Canadian penitentiary system. It also starkly shows the weakness and foolishness of our entire judicial system. It is supposed to be there to protect society, and to help rehabilitate. Instead it has become a fiscal burden

Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down

Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down Is Spring here yet? In these parts when we see some sunshine and warm weather, we always hope that Spring is here. It is. Sort of, but then we can get squalls, and cold, and rain, and yes, warm sunny days. After a long winter, the hope of

The Art of Social Media: Thoughts

The Art of Social Media: Thoughts The tips from this book are sometimes out of day. The principles are bang on. Guy Kawasaki, and Peg Fitzpatrick know a thing or 10,000 about marketing and social media. Guy, who we have known since his Apple days – almost 40 years? – was a social marketer before there

A Lawyer’s Passage Through Prison

A Lawyer’s Passage Through Prison: Thoughts The book is actually titled, “Maximum Medium Minimum” but if you have not been tasked with knowledge of our penitentiary system – lucky you – it refers to the broad security categories of the system. Minimum is obviously the least security concern, but as the author explains, too many

Record of Ragnarok: Thoughts

Record of Ragnarok, Vol. 1: Thoughts Like many things in life, it takes a team to produce a graphic novel. And here the team is composed of Azychika (Illustrations), Shin’ya Umemura, Takumi Fukui (Script). This is the first Manga novel that I am reviewing, I think. Apologies to aficionados. I am still learning. The team here did a clever

Mother Tongue: Women’s Words

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words The author, Jenni Nuttall takes us on a wonderful and sometimes wacky journey into the world of words, women, and life in the not-so-distant past. How many of us learnt our first language with our mothers? Mothers can be adopted, biological, grandparents, and even caregivers. It has