Share Share Share May 24, 2018 Memorial, Reading W. P. Kinsella & Shoeless Joe In Field of Dreams W. P. Kinsella was the celebrated Canadian author of the 1982 classic baseball novel Shoeless Joe (the inspiration for the 1989 movie Field of Dreams), and other fictional stories featuring baseball… Read More
Share Share Share April 27, 2018 Reading, TV Book Review & Excerpt: Mr. Novak An Acclaimed Television Series By Chuck Harter Introduction by Richard Donner, Forward by Martin Landau, and Afterword by Walter Koenig (Dean Jagger & James Franciscus 1963-1965 Mr. Novak Photo: Courtesy… Read More
Share Share Share April 1, 2018 Biography, Pets & Animals, Reading Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny ...and Beatrix Potter Feeling nostalgic for Beatrix Potter's classic children's stories of Peter Rabbit and his friends? This episode of the 1993 TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends combines live action… Read More
Share Share Share April 12, 2017 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Author Beverly Cleary Update April 12 2017: Beverly Cleary is now 101 years old! The United States Library of Congress has named children's author Beverly Cleary a "Living Legend"; her 35+ books for… Read More
Share Share Share December 12, 2016 Reading Baby Boomer Books: Trixie Belden Series Baby boomers may be familiar with the children's mystery book series featuring amateur girl detective Trixie Belden, based in the the Hudson Valley area of New York. (Source Photos: Pinterest,… Read More
Share Share Share February 19, 2016 Biography, Memorial, Reading Farewell, Harper Lee Acclaimed 89-year-old Southern novelist and octogenarian senior citizen Nelle Harper Lee has died in her sleep today February 19, 2016 at her home in Monroeville, Alabama. Harper Lee's seminal novel To… Read More
Share Share Share January 27, 2016 Biography, Movies, Reading Remembering Mordecai Richler: His Love Story Today, January 27, is the anniversary of the Auschwitz Death Camp Liberation. It's also the same day that Jewish Canadian journalist, author and screenwriter Mordecai Richler was born on back… Read More
Share Share Share January 9, 2016 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Author Anne Rivers Siddons is 80 Southern blockbuster fiction author and new octogenarian senior citizen Anne Rivers Siddons (nee Sybil Anne Rivers) was born in Atlanta, George on January 9, 1936. An alumni of Auburn University… Read More
Share Share Share December 30, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Mercer Mayer is 72 Prolific children's author and illustrator Mercer Mayer was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 30, 1943, during World War II. His American Navy father moved the family to Honolulu,… Read More
Share Share Share December 11, 2015 Biography, Reading Celebrating Seniors - Pauline Gedge Turns 70 Baby boomer and Canadian historical, fantasy, sci-fi and horror fiction author Pauline Gedge was born December 11, 1945 in Auckland, New Zealand. On her website paulinegedge.com, Pauline Gedge recounts a… Read More
