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- Girls inspire school to protect environment - Andover Townsman
West Middle School spent a week this month going green, culminating in a group of teachers and administrators trading their automobiles for bicycles during their commute to work. Spearheaded by five eighth-grade girls, the first Green Week at West ...
- Today's song of ourselves might pain Whitman - Atlanta Journal Constitution
In his introduction to "Leaves of Grass," Walt Whitman, the iconoclastic Brooklyn poet and rude optimist, asked his fellow Americans, among other things, to "despise riches ... hate tyrants, argue not concerning God ... [and] reexamine all you have ...
- [Publisher’s Note] Connecting Better Electrically (Jackson Free Press)
Even if you’re just an occasional reader of the Jackson Free Press, you may have noticed that editor Donna Ladd is something of a “connector” in the parlance of the much-quoted book “The Tipping Point.”
- Musical Impressions - Modesto Bee
Modesto BeeMusical ImpressionsModesto Bee, CA - 35 minutes ago... of the poetry," said Daniel Afonso, the MSO Chorus director. Frank said both works are "songful, lyrical, direct, accessible, very American sounding. ...
- Book Review: Double Vision by Pat Barker (Blogcritics.org)
A tender, surprising novel where strong emotions are traded. Double Vision by Pat Barker is a novel that defies description. Within its pages there is war, crime, murder, rape, love, hate, sex, artistry, creativity, duplicity, anger, tenderness, inspiration: a dictionary might have enough words to list its subtleties. What it has aplenty is feeling and emotion, an ability to convey its ...
- Threshing bee is this weekend at Patrick Ranch - Chico Enterprise-Record
CHICO — Far West Heritage Association will present a series of events Friday, Saturday and Sunday that celebrate the agricultural heritage found at the historic Patrick Ranch, between Chico and Durham on the Midway. Country Supper The association ...
- Let's give the past a future - Globe and Mail
Let's give the past a futureGlobe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours agoSo does history have a Sugar Daddy with Cundill, in similar fashion to the way industrialist Scott Griffin has championed poetry? ...
- Julian Sher, Jon Redfern among crime-writing award-winners (CBC)
Crime stories spanning subjects from a fictional murder in Victorian London to the real-life worldwide hunt for internet child predators were recognized at the 25th annual Arthur Ellis Awards gala Thursday evening.
- The spirit of white - Calcutta Telegraph
The spirit of whiteCalcutta Telegraph, India - 1 hour agoWe tried to discover and to emphasise the poetry of paintings,” explained Biasi. In Italy since the 1960s important artists focussed on the concept of white ...
- Barking all the way to the finish line (San Francisco Chronicle)
Special events, and forgive the ancient history, but I've been out of the paper for a few days: - Team Hercules, Team Cuya and Team Chi Chi were among the competitors for the Spirit Award at Petco's Chihuahua races, held in the parking lot of the San...
- 'Kid crunch time' can be cruelest season - CNN
NEW YORK (AP) -- My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the ...
- Sharapova upset motivated by disliked 'tuxedo look' - Globe and Mail
Sharapova upset motivated by disliked 'tuxedo look'Globe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours agoThere was poetry in Tipsarevic's description of his postmatch euphoria. "The best emotion and pride you feel is in the locker room, when you come back and ...
- A look at the best books for fall - Corpus Christi Caller
The list of upcoming fiction is both broad and deep, particularly in new titles by old names. Here's the list, starting with a very familiar name: "The Widows of Eastwick" by John Updike (Knopf, $24.95). Oct. 31. A writer comfortable with sequels ...
- A genuine secular democracy would not be so insecure - On Line Opinion
The “non-religionist’s” argument that his or her freedom is greater than the freedom of “a believer” never ceases to amaze me. Two articles last week highlighted an issue relating to Islam that created debate and controversy, there is no ...
- 'Booming' moments - News-Leader.com
'Booming' momentsNews-Leader.com, MO - Jul 12, 2008In addition to lessons in science the boys had a chance to create art, learn some poetry from great African-American writers, and take field trips to the ...
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