By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
It is funny the things you find out about your children after they become adults.
Because, she blogs, I have just now discovered something about my second daughter, Sue. She wrote:
“When I was in grade school, I used to secretly go into my parents’ bedroom and look at their things. I silently [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
Elderstatesman
When I first read the newspaper clipping sent to me by Jeri Kimmel, former mayor of Roseburg, who now lives in Bend, Ore., I had to reread it to make sure I understood the content. I’m still puzzled by what I read considering the conflicting information about global warming so prevalent these days.
The [...]
The Dangerous Book of Heroes
By Conn Iggulden and David Iggulden
William Morrow Books
An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover 26.99
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
Conn Iggulden is probably a familiar name in the non-fiction literary world, but lately he has been joined by his brothers in the writing of collaborative books, including this latest book, “The Dangerous Book of [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstateman
In last Friday’s New York Times, A.O. Scott wrote an in-depth stoty of newspapers from the hot type days in a review of the Film Forum opening in New York – a 43-movie month long series called “The Newspaper Picture.” Scott began his story this way:
“The clatter of typewriters and the rattle [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe Elderstateman
This column is about a book, but it is not a book review. The message just happens to come from a book published two years ago, but just now has come to my attention. While I was researching a talk that I and four other members of the hospice volunteer team gave [...]
One of TenBy Herb JohnsonXlibis PublishersPaperback $19.95
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review
Herb Johnson writes in the preface of his book that he always maintained everyone has an interesting life story, but too many are never told. In truth he was reluctant to tell his own story and didn’t until he read another local man’s story — Russell [...]
The Path We Share Reflecting on 60 Years of Marriage By Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad Mulberry Hill Press Paperback $18.95
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
In today’s world where 50 percent of married couples in the United States end up divorced, Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad’s book provides valuable insights on the secret of a [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe Elder Statesman
The founder and the queen mother of the Howl at the Moon Club has died. Liz Carpenter the sauciest press secretary I ever met, introduced my wife and me to the great pleasure of embarrassing our children by howling at the moon each time that great globe in the sky could be [...]
