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October 06, 2008
Tale of the Titles
Posted by Jennifer
13 Responses received
Grammy says:
October 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am
October 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am
What a creative and brilliant truth! Here’s to wellness!!
Grammy
Leslie says:
October 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
October 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Very well put! And a lovely and amazing use of gorgeous old books – just blows me away.
artcrt says:
October 6th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
October 6th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
This was wonderful!!
CKB says:
October 6th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
October 6th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Extraordinarily clever! Thanks for this.
Walking In My Sleep says:
October 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
October 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I have to tell you that I’m still in the undecided column. I can’t see a good choice in either direction, for lots and lots of reasons. Perhaps I’ll just do what I’ve done before; walk into the voting booth, close my eyes and hope for the best. But, as you’ve woven your post with all of these wonderful books, there’s one other you should read through – The Nightingale’s Song by Robert Timberg. It gave me a perspective of John McCain that I can’t shake from my head – for good and for disappointment.
venessa.levin says:
October 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
October 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
What an interesting way to share your perspective, so creative and brilliant! Loved it.
Sue R says:
October 6th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
October 6th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Oh my….have you two ever thought of starting a news paper? What a fun read! It was just the night cap I needed before heading to bed. This momma loves Obama!!!
tommyboy says:
October 7th, 2008 at 8:10 am
October 7th, 2008 at 8:10 am
LOL. You win. Logic will always be trumped by clever and amusing. I will give you credit for an Obama victory and then check on you every few months as your man dumps sweet, sweet sugar in the economic engine of this fine country.
Tracie in Tallahassee says:
October 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
October 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Well said, Jennifer!! Here’s hoping that our country will be, in another month from now, on that road to Wellville!!
I’m off to watch the debates -
An Obama Mama in Florida
Sarah Dohack-Young says:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:42 am
October 11th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Good writing, but I take exception to your statement “small towns have the scary raging crystal meth problems, high unemployment, and skyrocketing teen pregnancy rates.” Those of us who live in ‘fly over country’ in small towns know that we have our share of social problems, but we also have our share of brilliance, caring and good people. Generalizations about any group of people is just plain wrong.
jennifer says:
October 11th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
October 11th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Sarah, you know I came from a tiny town Kansas before I moved to the small city in Missouri where you & I met in 4th grade. There are plenty of excellent people in American small towns, of course. But Sarah Palin would have us believe that Small Towns = Good while Big Cities = Bad. My comments about small town problems were based on an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer which gave stats on some of the serious problems in little dots on the map. Proportionately, small towns are suffering more social ills than big cities, in the categories I mentioned. If I can ever find the link, I’ll post it here.
Sarah Dohack-Young says:
October 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
October 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
oops. I didnt realize you were taking you point on small town life from an op-ed piece in The Philly paper. I was taking my stance from 25 years in the poorest county in Missouri. I don’t have any stats, so must not understand. I stand corrected.
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