I struggle here. I wouldn’t choose either one as my candidate and I love how you phrased things. My problem is that I think one will make things even worse in Ca, where it is already ROUGH for middle class, and the other one helped our small business prosper. I have seen how we lived in comparison. However, 4 years of self praise seems unbearable…..
Yes!! And man the research that must go into it. I’ve been doing a tiny bit of that for a contract chapter book I’m working on, about women journalists during the Vietnam war, and they’re incredible.
THAT sounds amazing. I will read it. I’m writing a picture book about my family’s experience with Vietnamese refugees (two became adopted members as children…looking for a Vietnamese illustrator to work with if you know of anyone :)
Brava! It's not easy stepping up and take a stand in such a contentious race. I stand with you in NH and support Kamala Harris. I hope we can return to a place of compromise, where we can talk about politics, at least a little bit, and listen to what our friends and neighbors are saying with grace and open minds.
Another book that mirrors where we are a little too perfectly is Philip Roth's THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, a dark, alternate history where Lindbergh wins the White House.
Thank you, Laurie. I, too, hope we can have compromise and clear heads and actually put people first instead of power. I haven’t read that Roth book, but I’m sure I would like it! (or…not :)
Thank you for this post, Amy--you said it so well. I'm so worried and stressed (and frankly baffled and so disappointed as to how we are where we are)... I haven't read Ruta's novels but have heard a lot of praise from friends for Salt to the Sea. Adding her to my TBR list!
My reaction to the recent incarnation of the Washington Post: Bawwwk, cluck, cluck, cluck.
The "other": My definition of spirituality is radical awareness and acceptance of the experience of the "other" - another person, another mode of being, another time or place in the universe.
Fiction is how we communicate truth, which may have happened or not.
I struggle here. I wouldn’t choose either one as my candidate and I love how you phrased things. My problem is that I think one will make things even worse in Ca, where it is already ROUGH for middle class, and the other one helped our small business prosper. I have seen how we lived in comparison. However, 4 years of self praise seems unbearable…..
This is very insightful and I appreciate your personal perspective! No one person or candidate solves everything for us...thank you, Katie.
Yes yes yes to all of this. Including Ruta. She's amazing.
She's amazing. Makes me want to find the lost and important stories, too...
Yes!! And man the research that must go into it. I’ve been doing a tiny bit of that for a contract chapter book I’m working on, about women journalists during the Vietnam war, and they’re incredible.
THAT sounds amazing. I will read it. I’m writing a picture book about my family’s experience with Vietnamese refugees (two became adopted members as children…looking for a Vietnamese illustrator to work with if you know of anyone :)
Oh my gosh that’s amazing!!! What a cool project. I’ll definitely keep my eyes out for an illustrator.
<3 good luck with all of your projects! And…Happy Halloween!
Brava! It's not easy stepping up and take a stand in such a contentious race. I stand with you in NH and support Kamala Harris. I hope we can return to a place of compromise, where we can talk about politics, at least a little bit, and listen to what our friends and neighbors are saying with grace and open minds.
Another book that mirrors where we are a little too perfectly is Philip Roth's THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, a dark, alternate history where Lindbergh wins the White House.
Thank you, Laurie. I, too, hope we can have compromise and clear heads and actually put people first instead of power. I haven’t read that Roth book, but I’m sure I would like it! (or…not :)
Thank you for this post, Amy--you said it so well. I'm so worried and stressed (and frankly baffled and so disappointed as to how we are where we are)... I haven't read Ruta's novels but have heard a lot of praise from friends for Salt to the Sea. Adding her to my TBR list!
Baffled, disappointed…yes.
And I think you would love Ruta’s books!
Current blathering (mine, that is):
My reaction to the recent incarnation of the Washington Post: Bawwwk, cluck, cluck, cluck.
The "other": My definition of spirituality is radical awareness and acceptance of the experience of the "other" - another person, another mode of being, another time or place in the universe.
Fiction is how we communicate truth, which may have happened or not.
If you go to jail I'll break in.
hahaha thank you for breaking in! I’ll never forget your kindness :) and…I like your definitions!