by Admin | Aug 3, 2016 | apartheid, Children, Conflagration, mind structure, reconciliation, teaching tales, Uncategorized, young adults
MY HEARTFELT APPEAL DIRECTED TO REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO DITCH DRUMPF. LET’S PUT OUR COUNTRY BACK ON A PATH OF SANITY. HE IS AMERICA’S GREATEST FAILURE. For most of my adult life I’ve been an educator, as well as a freelance journalist and an author, an international...
by Admin | Apr 9, 2016 | Biography, creativity, family, Memoir, non-fiction, Parenting, reconciliation, Uncategorized
The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler’s Fight for his Mother Reviewed by: Janet Levine “Rublack creates an astute and informative study of witchcraft and witch trials.” The Astronomer and The Witch by Ulinka Rublack at first glance may appear to be a...
by Admin | Dec 31, 2015 | creativity, garden, human rights, meditation, Memoir, reconciliation, Uncategorized
Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962–1966 Reviewed by: Janet Levine “A satisfying read on many levels . . .” Fragrant Palm Leaves is the work of a person in his mid-thirties coming to terms with realistic acceptance of the meanings that arise from his monk’s training...
by Admin | Jun 9, 2015 | creativity, fiction, meditation, mind structure, reconciliation
The Wolf Border: A Novel Reviewed by: Janet Levine This is a superb novel: luminous and illuminating. You’ll gallop through every page and then read it again. British author Sarah Hall is a writer’s writer . . . as well as a reader’s best friend. She gets it all...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2014 | creativity, fiction, historical fiction, human rights, reconciliation
Solstice Greetings December 21, 2014 When thinking what to blog about at this juncture of the year, the word “books” keeps coming to mind. Books, in many ways remain an anchor in my life. So, I am going to share my great pleasure in books by selecting several...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2013 | Children, college, high school, Memoir, Parenting, reconciliation, teaching tales, young adults
From the New York Journal of Books web site The Last First Day: A Novel by Carrie Brown. Reviewed by Janet Levine | Released: September 17, 2013 Publisher: Pantheon (304 pages) For the past 30 years I have taught at a fairly large New England prep school in the Boston...
