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Simplicity and the Industrial Revolution

by Lindsey Anderson on August 13, 2008

I hesitate to write a lengthy post, but can’t help but share what I’ve been reading and thinking about lately.

First is “The Jungle”, by Upton Sinclair, that book I carried with me to Starbucks, a book that focuses on life during the Industrial Revolution. Second is Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden”, perhaps remembered most […]

When you don’t look like what you read

by Lindsey Anderson on August 8, 2008

I’ve been going to Starbucks every workday for almost two weeks now. I’m pretty ashamed for getting myself into that sort of routine, which is not only helping to destroy the independent coffee house, but it is costing me a good deal of money - and I can’t even say that their coffee does it […]

Goodbye, Freedom

by Jacqueline on August 5, 2008

I don’t know if you have noticed, but Americans are slowly, and passively, giving up their liberties for alleged “securities.”
Ben Franklin said:
“Who drops a liberty to gain a security will lose both.”
How is being searched and seized without a warrant constitutional? I’m beginning to feel Big Brother on my back, and I am going […]

Summer Reading

by Lindsey Anderson on July 31, 2008

Perhaps you’ve set some reading goals for yourself this summer. Good for you! I have done the same thing. And with the anticipation of a week to be spent in West Virginia, I chose five books to take on the trip. Only one did I finish, “The Crimson Petal and the White” by Michel Faber.
I […]

As Flaky as a Pastery

by Lindsey Anderson on July 28, 2008

I wrote this on June 5th of 2007 in my journal:
“My mom bought me this book about how to succeed in business, and I haven’t even gotten twenty pages into it before the writer is telling me that I need to specialize in something and not do too many different things. That sounds so boring. […]

Wonder

by Jacqueline on July 21, 2008

On a walk through the city this past weekend, I stopped in the park to see if I could catch some photos and maybe even a few thoughts in my notebook.
I happened upon two birds, who kept following each other incessantly. Either they were best friends, or one was male, the other female, and […]

Rush Hour Observation

by Lindsey Anderson on July 15, 2008

So I was sitting in morning rush hour traffic, waiting to make a left hand turn. Though I deal with it daily and should be used to it, I still marvel at the volume of cars on the road in the morning and evening.
But while I was sitting in my left hand turning lane, I […]

Who is a writer?

by Jacqueline on July 14, 2008

When is a writer legitimately a writer? When do others look at her and identify her as such? Is having the title, “writer,” a dream people hold fast to as small children, or is the responsibility to write thrust upon them without choice? What makes a writer, well, a writer? There have to be […]

Thinking Late at Night

by Lindsey Anderson on July 9, 2008

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.- Psalm 31:24
What do you put you hope in?

Saturdays are for enjoyment

by Jacqueline on July 7, 2008

I had a whole Saturday afternoon to myself this past weekend. I took a stroll down to Barnes & Noble and spent the afternoon sipping coffee and words. While there, I was just getting comfortable into noticing only the voices of the books, not necessarily the voices of people in the store.
Eventually, I settled into […]

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