by Jan Bear | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
So I’m walking along, minding my own business, and here comes this novel I gave up on. “How’re you doing?” it says. “Been a long time,” says I. “You’ll never guess what I found,” says the novel. “A...
by Jan Bear | Mar 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
A little ditty of mine published in the March 2009 issue of the National Court Reporters Association Journal.Paperless Writer(with apologies to the Beatles)Dear Stenograph, buy back my machineI’ve seen the latest, and they’re sleek and mean,With seven...
by Jan Bear | Dec 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
My friend forwarded this from the New York Times, in which self-described secularist Laura Miller explains why she enjoys The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe every Christmas, and by extension, Christmas itself.My friend was saddened and disappointed by the...
by Jan Bear | Aug 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Anastasia K. Bond wrote:Fr. George gave me your basket! Not quite sure why he was so desperate to unload it, but you drove away just as I came looking for you. I can bring it next Sunday, or you can swing by sometime to pick it...
by Jan Bear | Aug 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
The last thing I could justify, since I post here so seldom, is starting another blog, but I offer the excuse that it’s a group blog, it’s a finely focused niche topic, and it’s fun.In that spirit, I offer you the Crones’ Old Book Reviews.The...