If you own a Kindle reader, don’t neglect to check for free books in the Kindle best-sellers category. Periodic browsing will reveal the 100 most popular current including a large number of freebies.
Right now you can find ”Still Life with Murder,” by P.B. Ryan; ”Freaks,” by Tess Gerritsen; ”The Art of the Commonplace — Agrarian [...]
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One morning in May, an insurance salesman on his way to work on Wall Street was standing near the open doors of a New York subway car that had stopped at a station, when a short, well-dressed man entered the car, bumped into him, then abruptly left again. The insurance salesman instinctively felt for his [...]
American thanksgiving is a huge event, and runs together, paradoxically, into black Friday. The traditions of the gathering of family, the shared meal, and the religious overtones, mix and mingle with the parade, non-stop football, scrutiny of print and online ads for high-demand, limited quantity, loss-leaders, and airport [...]
I first applied for permanent residency in 2003 through my employer and became a permanent resident in 2005 along with my immediate family members. In January I applied for citizenship and today I was sworn in with 98 others from around the world at an oath ceremony in Phoenix. It was a moving ceremony in [...]
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My family moved to the Phoenix, Arizona area in July of 1997. Since then we have become permanent residents with the help of Banner Health, my employer since 2000. My eldest son, and my wife recently became US citizens and this Friday, June 4th I’ll be appearing at the Phoenix USCIS center for my oath [...]
Here is a piece by Finnish Poet Risto Rasa
For more of his work visit his Finnish Poets page
You may also find contemporary Finnish poetry with translations into multiple languages at Electric Verses
Koira tulee illalla
kotiin.
Kun se kiertyy paikalleen
ja nukahtaa,
alkaa sen sydänlämpö levitä
huoneisiin
- Risto Rasa -
In the evening, the dog comes
Home.
When he curls up in his spot
And [...]
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Today marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. There is even a website devoted to the 200th anniversary marking the birth of this distinguished naturalist: Darwin Day.org
Fox News mentions Gallup and Pew polls which show that fewer than 4 in 10 Americans believe that evolution is factual (Fox News article). The Gallup poll found a [...]
I came across this enews snippet announcing a new medieval manuscripts network.
”Researchers create vast virtual library of medieval manuscripts”
”Somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 rare and precious medieval manuscripts have been scanned over the past decade into formats that could be studied over the Internet.”
Definitely interesting for even casual readers. Perusing the English manuscripts for example [...]
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Gail Renard was 16 when she heard that John Lennon was going to be staying over in Montreal. She crashed his party with a friend via a fire escape at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Ringing the doorbell during a change of security, Yoko answered the door and let her in for an interview.
Gail stayed for [...]