By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
There is an old farmer’s saying that when corn is knee-high on the Fourth of July, there will be a good crop. My ground is plowed and waiting. Waiting for May to act more like May than February. It will be June next week and if I am lucky my corn [...]
Lily
By B.J. Bassett
iUniverse Press
Softcover $14.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
B.J. Bassett practices what she teaches. The Umpqua Community College writing instructor, writes. She writes newspaper columns, magazine articles, inspirational pamphlets and books. Her novel, “Lily,” is her latest literary achievement.
“Lily” is the story of a girl whose mother dies moments after Lily is born. The setting is [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
Capital Press correspondent Craig Reed, is convinced I inherited my genes from Methuselah, the Hebrew patriarch, who according to the Book of Genesis lived 969 years. Reed bases that hypothesis on the fact that 30 plus years ago I survived terminal cancer without chemotherapy or radiation and despite medical science predicted that [...]
Oregon Favorites
Trails and Tales
By William L. Sullivan
Navillus Press
Softcover $24.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
If there is one nook and cranny in Oregon that has not been explored and written about by William L. Sullivan of Eugene, I would be surprised. His specialty is describing places off the beaten path as in his latest outdoor guide, “Oregon [...]
Lincoln on War
Our Greatest Commander-in-Chief Speaks to America
Edited by Harold Holzer
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hard cover $24.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any president before or since, however Harold Holzer, a Lincoln scholar, who has written 40 of those many books on Lincoln, has created a unique volume [...]
One Egg to Another
A Children’s Activity Book
By Della Noavoll
Illustrated by Dorothy Schattenkerk
Bravado Publishing
Paperback $10
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
The ancient Romans believed that all life comes from an egg. The origin of the Easter egg comes from an early Christian belief that eggs were the “seed of life,” symbolic of the resurrection of Christ. Eggs have [...]
The Dawn of a Dream
By Ann Shorey
Revell Publishers
Paperback $14.99
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
With the publishing of “The Dawn of a Dream,” Ann Shorey of Sutherlin concludes her trilogy of novels in the Beldon Grove series. The series is based on memoirs and documents of Shorey’s maternal ancestors, which she has expanded into historic fiction.
The third [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
Grief is an integral part of the human condition, but we each react to it differently. Recently, in a class I teach on writing, one of my students in her 90s wrote a surprising piece about grief that seared the hearts and minds of all who heard her share the words [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
I received these Mother’s day one liners from Mary Matthews of Roseburg, who said as the mother of seven children she must have used every one of these gems at one time or another. But she is also sure that her own mother used them in speaking to her during her growing [...]
