Time & Perspective

Working with Teens is a challenge and a delight, especially in the month of May when we see the highs and the lows, and adolescents do drama, oh so well.

Today I stumbled over a book title that gave me pause.
What Was I Thinking? Things I’ve learned Since I Knew It All, c2006, written by Steve Brown who is a radio broadcaster, seminary professor, and author. The title alone sells the book!

Aging is not well regarded in our youth-crazed culture; however, aging has its benefits. Given enough life experience and maturity, older adults may rethink former positions. As we gray, we tend to see more gray and less black and white. Vive the second half of life!

“I often say to my students, when they are being especially strident about a subject, ‘you haven’t lived long enough, sinned big enough, or failed nearly enough to even have an opinion on that.’” (Steve Brown) Perhaps you’d like to use that line?

Intrigued? Read the book jacket, table of contents, or provocative excerpt at CBD.

An advocate for the lost art of reading and with a few gray strands...

What's in Your Bookbag?

Some folk wait on tip toe for a movie release; others for the publication of a new book. Librarians definitely fall in the latter group, along with those who wander the aisles of Borders, Barnes & Nobles, and independent booksellers. See USA Today's review of hot summer reading.

Picture yourself on the beach or under a shady bough reading. Here's what I plan to stuff in my canvas tote: Cabin Pressure by Josh Wolk, The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, Here If You Need Me: A True Story by Kate Braestrup, I Love You Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick, Maytrees by Annie Dillard, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. It's going to be heavy, but that's why I work out at the gym.