Monthly Archives: November 2011
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
Introduction, xvi Stegner shows us, again and again, that it is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendship, we spark and inspire one another’s ambitions: … Continue reading
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
p. 4 In fact, if you could forget mortality, and that used to be easier here than in most places, you could really believe that time is circular, and not linear and progressive as our culture is bent on proving. … Continue reading
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
p.6 We didn’t come back to Battell Pond this time for pleasure. We came out of affection and family solidarity, as adopted members of the clan, and because we were asked for and expected…. There it was, there it is, … Continue reading
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
p. 20 Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?…Do we all buzz or ring or light up when people press our vanity buttons, … Continue reading
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
p. 28 Our last impression of her as she turned the corner was that smile, flung backward like a handful of flowers.
Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner
p. 36 We wandered into their orderly Newtonian universe, a couple of asteroids, and they captured us with their gravitational pull and made moons of us and fixed us in orbit around themselves.
Irena Sendler, hero
Snopes: Claim: Irena Sendler, a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is credited with saving 2,500 Polish Jews from the Holocaust. Check it out: http://www.irenasendler.org Origins: On 12 May 2008, Irena Sendlerowa (commonly known as Irena … Continue reading
The Bible and meaningful books 