Archive for August 2025
Ripped From the Wire
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” – Maya Angelou By DAVE BERRY I’ll admit it. I collect stuff. I keep things for their historical significance. Some would say that’s a stretch, but today, digging through old files, I discovered a folder of treasures…
Read MoreLooking Down on Life
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai By DAVE BERRY (Written in February 2015) Looking at life from a new and different perspective takes a little effort. I recently finished the book, “I Am Malala” the amazing story of Malala Yousafzai, a 13-year-old…
Read MoreIt Was Just a Library Card
(Originally written April 15, 2015; updated Aug. 7, 2025.) “Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.” – Germaine Greer By DAVE BERRY It was just a library card, but it meant the world to me. I have…
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