so i’m postponing reading my assigned summer reading for now…

“schoolhouse door” by culpepper clark – story about the integration of the university of alabama – good book about why wallace made his stand at foster – one of the interesting aspects of the book i guess is that you tend to find what you look for – so when university officials were looking to keep african-americans out of alabama, they got really good at keeping them out – and when that changed, all the sudden, they learned that things were more equal than they’d thought

“ten men you meet in the huddle” by bill curry – ex-bama coach – i guess i’m in a rut – or something like that – anyway, curry talked about 10 men that were influential in his football career – or playing days – would probably be interesting for us all to identify 10 people who’ve influenced us – after b. spears, i’m not sure i have anyone else:)

few adolescent fiction books i’m eager to read and they’re next up – hope your reading gets off to a great start this summer

sincerely,

mafeld

yo,
so that i remember and when i’m 50 i don’t read the same books again…

“work hard, study, and keep out of politics” – by james baker – really good book – former secretary of state – worked for reagan and bush 1 – also had a role in ford’s campaign for the presidency – for the most part, the book didn’t get into the “republicans are evil” or “democrats are evil” tendencies of the current bestsellers – so that was refreshing – some the lessons i remember were that you win metaphorical wars by winning every day battles – so in other words, always do the most that you can today so that you’re prepared for tomorrow – i enjoyed hearing about how rice university came about as well

outside of that book, most of what i read was magazine articles – i tried to follow britain’s  election – for some reason – and the spill in the gulf – read about the ny would-be bomber – read sports illustrated and about how the celtics are the old men in the nba playoffs

guess that’s it for now – will eventually need to start summer reading, i suppose

sincerely,
mafeld

yo,

so i was reading last week – i think – a few things…

“memoirs of a teenage amnesiac” – really good book – sort of twilight-ish at times with one of the characters – wasn’t as predictable as i thought it was going to be – enjoyed thinking about how i’d be if i suddenly couldn’t remember the last four years of my life

“the penultimate peril” and “the end” – wrapped up the baudelaires – i’d forgotten much of the final book – enjoyed the tie-in to “the tempest” – would love to see more books come out that are tied to that series

“still growing” – teenage star kirk cameron’s biography – he was a star on a show, “growing pains,” i watched growing up – enjoyed reading about him – and his sister – who was in full house – which i watch with my sister now on re-runs on sunday mornings

other things – i learned that the iceland volcano thing was big b/c volcanic ash can shut down airplane engines – never a good things – macarthur was an idiot and that’s why truman got rid of him in the korean war – and hilary clinton is taking a more active role now as secretary of state – and i finished colossians this morning

hope your week of journal writing is fun

sincerely,
dr mafeld