Monthly Archives: March 2010

Wednesday Wanderings

Since the premise of this post is wandering I am just going to let my thoughts wander.

Tuesday Teaser

from the top down by Susan J. Ellis
“The training session can demonstrate that thoughtful solutions will always be welcome.”
from the top down is a book that I get to read for a certification that I am that I attempting to accomplish.

Monday Music

One of my favorite types of music is that played by Marching Bands, from John Phillip Sousa to T.  Rex.  John Phillip Sousa wrote so much music that we hear in parades and marching band competitions that some of the songs are embedded in our collective consciousnesses.  Stars and Stripes Forever is probably his best [...]

Suspending disbelief

Burn by Ted Dekker & Erin Healy; 388 pages; 2010; Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN; 978-1-59554-471-1; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Hollywood; 3/23-25
I believe that it was in Stephen Kings’ book Danse Macabre that I first encountered the idea of getting someone to suspend their disbelief.  Somehow making the fantastic so believable that the audience [...]

The Architect of My Building

Harmony in Diversity; The Architecture and Teaching of Ellis F. Lawrence, Edited by Michael Shellenbarger, Essays by Kimberly K. Lakin, Leland M. Roth, Michael Shellenbarger, 1989; 91 pages;   Museum of Art and the Historic Preservation Program, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; 0-87114-253-8; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central; [...]

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