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• Value of Word of Mouth

  February 20, 2009

  I just got back from The Reader. If I'd just gone by Anthony Lane's review in the New Yorker I never would have gone, but a guy in the choir raved about it--the value of word of mouth. The part in Lane's review that slays me is this "Their first time, though lingeringly shot, has…

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• catchin up

  November 28, 2008

  I've been out of here for a long time! When I finally came back it turned out there's been some monkey business by a hacker so I had to get my password straightened out.What's been going on? I've been teaching 3 courses this fall, growing my tutoring business, and hostessing 4 twenty-somethings. ...

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• A thank you note from booksforsoldiers.com

  May 13, 2008

  Thank-you for your support of BooksForSoldiers.comI can't say it enough, thank-you.You guys have stepped up and I am beginning to think we are going to be able to pull this off!You guys have personally donated, passed the hat at work and passed the plate at church enough for us to be closing in o...

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• Books For Soldiers has $ crisis

  May 2, 2008

  As some of you know, I send books, along with other goodies, to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Booksforsoldiers.com is the site that brings soldiers and donors together. Soldiers post requests on the site, and donors fill their requests. A couple of months ago an internet attack on the site th...

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• Tomatoes and so forth

  May 1, 2008

  A. read that the Jersey farmers are cutting back on planting tomatoes because they can't get the workers to pick them. WAAAAAAAH. If any of you out there know about Jersey tomatoes you understand what a disaster this is. Please please US. Gov, let's 1) expand the guest workers system and 2) enfor...

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• catching up

  April 26, 2008

  I haven't been around in a while. My tutoring business has been going well, though I am nervous about the summer. Sent out some mailings and got some kids from that, got other kids via an enthusiastic parent who loves what I did with her ADHD son. I may soon get a student who has…

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• Looking for book recommendations

  March 31, 2008

  A left for FL today to visit his grandson Q. Q is a great kid, bright, thoughtful but lively. Did some cleaning and yardwork today, worked on plans for the boy I tutor on Tuesday nights. We are doing double sessions these days, getting him ready for Subject tests. I myself have been learning gobs...

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• Reluctant Reader

  March 29, 2008

  On Saturdays I tutor a young man who is brilliant in math and not so brilliant in reading and writing. He and his dad both have round faces and big eyes, but the son is about two inches taller than the dad. Adorable.When we were finished, I reported to his dad about how well he'd…

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• Ben as a Boyfriend

  March 21, 2008

  Ben is a late bloomer in the girlfriend department. He has his first real girlfriend now, and as Evidence, there is a pale aqua stuffed animal on his bed. Also, he cleans his room occasionally now.His new girlfriend is a very likable knitter. She and I launch into knittalk while Ben smiles patien...

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