Blog Posts
Building a Halcyon Life
By Hillary Rettig |
Gone are the halcyon days Samuel R. Delaney writes of in his memoir, The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village , when his full-time but fairly relaxed (and low-paying) job as a Strand Bookstore clerk was enough to support him and his ...
“Six Word Memoirs”
By Hillary Rettig |
From BoingBoing some famous people contributed some great six-word memoirs to an anthology: Kentucky trash heap yields unexpected flower. -- John KurtzChanging mind postponed demise by decades. -- Scott O'NeilDespite disorders, jafroed jewboy gets girl. -- Michael EisnerDidn't pull out. Downhill from there. -- Roger DaubachThought I would have more ...
Class in America?
By Hillary Rettig |
There's a sad article in today's New York Times about the fifth anniversary of the awful nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people and seriously wounded 200 others. The survivors - many horribly burned - continue to struggle, and many feel forgotten. This caught my attention: "Many believe ...
Best Punchline *Evar*
By Hillary Rettig |
New York Times editorialist Gail Collins on the demise of the Mitt Romney campaign : "All I know is somewhere in doggie heaven, an Irish setter is laughing." A bit of explanation for non -political or non-dog junkies: Romney's wife Ann, I think it was, told what she must have ...
Reader’s Digest Tips for Becoming Happier
By Hillary Rettig |
From The Reader's Digest , a useful summary of 20 very pragmatic actions - such as laughing more, walking more, focusing on your close relationships - that really will help you become happier. I do love that Tip #1 is "practice mindfulness." I guess mindful living is no longer just ...
The Lifelong Activist Recommended on ThinkGirl.net
By Hillary Rettig |
A nice mention of The Lifelong Activist in an article entitled Creating a Balanced and Sustainable Activist Life on ThinkGirl.net . Excerpts: "You’ve taped flyers to phone poles, raised your voice at a rally, organized a fundraising event, and challenged your uncle at a holiday dinner or two. You consider ...
America’s Shame
By Hillary Rettig |
When fearful individuals are attacked, they often lash out, not caring who or what is sacrificed in their desperate struggle to feel safe again. The same dynamic, we have learned to our eternal shame, also occurs in "fearful societies":http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/world/asia/05gitmo.html?th&emc=th : "Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was regarded here as a war hero, ...
Myth of “Overnight Success” Again Debunked…
By Hillary Rettig |
...this time in a New York Times article on how innovation happens: "WE’VE all heard the tales of the apple falling on Newton’s head and Archimedes leaping naked from his bath shrieking “Eureka!” Many of us have even heard that eBay was created by a guy who realized that he ...
