I am reading, and very much enjoying, a non-fiction book called American Gospel, written by Jon Meacham. It is, as its title implies, a book about America’s attempts to keep Church and State separate. I thought I would share some points from the book in a few posts. Here, for example, is a prayer a minister recited at the 1944 church service to commemorate FDR’s first inauguration. Apparently FDR liked the prayer a great deal and was very happy to…
I have spent more than a few hours this week pondering and writing about digital advertising. I had just wrapped up this week’s writing projects and decided to take a quick break looking at Pinterest. The Joss Group has several boards on the site, including one about baking and cooking. Today I saw a nice image something called Cranberry Christmas Cake–goodie! I clicked through and was reading the details and scrolling for the recipe when a digital ad popped up (see…
Spoilers, scroll down for important contextual information. Info: This is a real sign, not a Photoshop mash-up It is located in an area of Pennsylvania where a lot of Amish people live (hence the buggy image) Despite the odd and unfortunate message the two signs together convey, the two are advertising two different shops in the same shopping complex.
In 1948 the great writer E.B. White wrote an essay that is lyrical love poem to the city of New York: Here is New York.If you like or love New York (heck, even if you hate it) and have not read this essay, you should.The essay is available in various essay collections and as a slim, standalone volume through various booksellers. Ask a librarian about it. If you are in New York, wander into the New York Public Library and…