Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Lee Thompson Young :: A Remembrance

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I met Lee Thompson Young when he was 14 years old. We had been searching and searching for the young teen actor who could play the very diff...
Sunday, November 04, 2012

Plowing FORWARD

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Four years ago a farmer in Hillsdale NY, near our Copake Lake house, used his thresher and cut the word OBAMA in huge letters 30 yards high ...
Friday, September 09, 2011

"I AM TREMBLING WITH FEAR"

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Tremens factus sum ego. I am trembling with fear. I am singing Paul Leavitt’s REQUIEM today with the New York City Master Chorale as part of...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Organ Bliss in Seattle

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For me, one of the highlights of the annual Tallis Scholars Summer School in Seattle are the performances of Joseph Adam, the organist at St...
Friday, October 08, 2010

Memories from the Dakota

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My first direct contact with John Lennon’s domestic world happened five years after his death. It was October 9, 1985, and his Central Park...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Author's Guild Meeting Tonight: ELECTRONIC RIGHTS, ELECTRONIC MARKETS

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I was trying to tweet from the panel as it was happening live, but there was not a viable wireless signal in the room. So, continuing here. ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Building a Distinctive Neopets Christmas Gallery :: Top Tips

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OK, I admit it. Long after my daughter has grown up and moved on (I initially joined Neopets to share it with her....when she was 9), I'...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Preparing for the Funeral of a Three-Year-Old

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My heart is breaking for my friend, who has lost her beloved daughter Sylvie. How can we say goodbye tomorrow morning? What words can I poss...
Friday, November 20, 2009

I Feel Like Quoting e.e. cummings Today

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i thank You God for most this amazing by e. e. cummings (1894 - 1962) i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spir...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

My Interview with the Kidsville News

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I did an interview this week for the “What’s It’s Like To Be...” column in Kidsville News!, which explores different occupations. QUESTION: ...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Letter from a Sixth Grade Teacher to Kidz Bop

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I started my day today with an inspiring letter (see below). I wonder if there are other teachers out there who use Kidz Bop in school? We c...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

My Family's Encounter with the Kennedys

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My father was raised in a poor, working class, Irish Catholic family (actually, they were one step away from starving class - my grandfather...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Reuters Feed from Iran

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Reuters has a Twitter feed which is one of the best sources of information that I have seen - @reuters_iran. Al Jazeerah/English reportedly ...

Neda's Voice

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Last night I joined the Facebook group - In Memory of Neda - which sprung up immediately after the videos started to circulate. Looking at t...

Twitter on the Barricades - Six Lessons Learned - NYTimes.com

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This weekend is my first true immersion in Twitter, and I find it's more useful to read the information coming out of Iran as a big swat...

Morning in NY; Mid-Afternoon in Tehran

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Dipping into the Twitter feed this morning, I'd say the overall tenor is less fraught, reaching still higher for moral authority and pea...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

Her Name Was Neda...

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Newsvine - Her Name Was Neda... I can't bring myself to post a link to the videos (there are two, shot on cell phones from different ang...

The Battle is On: Sampling of the Twitter feed from the Streets of Tehran

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legolas81: doctors/nurses wear red crescent/red cross symbol so news can see if you are attacked for being street medics jkebeans: remove al...

The Revolution as it's being tweeted...

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It's nearly 6am in Tehran - Sunday morning is dawning, another day of protests awaits (I know this because my Twitter account is set to ...

Gil Scott Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

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Seems appropriate for today. The Revolution will not be Televised, but it will be Tweeted! Praying for the safety of all the women in the st...

BBC Persia - Images of gunshots in the streets

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Motherhood :: One of my Proudest Moments

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In 2006, I chaperoned a church trip to Juarez, Mexico. We took a group of 20 American teenagers to work with a priest who was building churc...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

19th Century Stained Glass

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It was 87 degrees in Cornwall-on-Hudson today - Spring coming in with a vengeance! Although I went to St. John's to photograph antique ...

WOMEN'S WORK : : Marveling at an Antique Quilt Show

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My friend Bea Deamers is a master quilter, and she organized an antique quilt show as a benefit for our church today. St. John's is a be...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Public Performance Art at its Best!

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Thursday, April 09, 2009

Maundy Thursday

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This phrase is relatively new to me. Although I've been an Episcopalian for many years, I grew up Catholic and they call today "Hol...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Fantastic International Night at the Oscars

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From the Japanese animator thanking his pencil, to Penelope Cruz who broke out into Spanish, to the Japanese director of Best Foreign Film -...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

And Why No YouTube in Schools?

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Si (my partner, Seymour Simon) and I spoke at the Wisconsin State Reading Association last week, on the topic of Digital Literacy. We were d...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Cell Phones as Educational Tools?

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Today's New York Times has an article about wireless industry groups who are pitching cell phones as educational tools. The way the art...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Voting with (and for) our Ancestors

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Bill Cosby told Rachel Maddow a very moving story about voting for Barack Obama. After he entered the voting booth and closed the curtain be...

With Hands Outstretched

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I was 6 years old in January, 1961 when President Kennedy was inaugurated. I remember that in the moment when he said "The torch is pas...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

MashUp: Beatles and Nine Inch Nails. LOVE it!

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Success!

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This site - called "The Real Blogger Status" is practical and usable. This finally explained site feeds in a way that I could make...
Sunday, November 02, 2008

Autumn at Storm King

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Monday, October 27, 2008

If you die in The Matrix do you die in real life?

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Cynopsis Digital reports today that a 43-year piano teacher from Kyushu was jailed last week after illegally hacking into the account of her...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Seymour Simon's new book, THE HUMAN BODY

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There is nice mention of Si's latest photo essay book in "Notes from the Horn Book." Notes from the Horn Book | October, 2008 ...

Mathematics as Poetry on the London Stage

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While in London earlier this week we saw a thought-provoking drama called "A Disappearing Number," from the highly regarded experi...
Friday, October 03, 2008

SACRIFICIAL SHEPHERD

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Busted because I was afraid to say ‘no.’ Idiot. They say Christ died for our sins, but what good did that do, for Him or for us? I think God...
Thursday, October 02, 2008

GRIEF (IN DOG YEARS)

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The night the old dog died he convulsed for hours, tears and juices mingling on the ground. “Don’t clean it up,” I said. Next morning the yo...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Flash Fiction

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A new form of writing called Flash Fiction has sprung up on the Internet. These mini-narratives are limited to 50 words - within you must es...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Who Can Turn The World On With Her Marketably Pink, Sparkly Smile? -- Daddy Types

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For some reason, I just got a Google Alert on this blog entry from August 2006. Who Can Turn The World On With Her Marketably Pink, Sparkly ...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Fabulous Shot of Kid watching THE UPSIDE DOWN SHOW

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Remember When: Laugh It still breaks my heart that we weren't able to make more of these shows. THE UPSIDE DOWN SHOW was truly a breakou...
Monday, December 10, 2007

Ice Storm

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We had quite an ice storm here in the Hudson Highlands last night. They had predicted a layer of ice up to 1/2-inch thick overnight, and I t...
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"Just Press Play" on your Palm Pilot?!

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If you know a preschooler who watches The Upside Down Show , the fact that little kids love to play with the imaginary Remote Control will ...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Panwapa Word of the day is......PING PONG!

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What a great word to learn in five languages! Panwapa is Sesame Workshop's new multimedia project, teaching Global Citizenship to 4- to...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Major Website Update Today

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I've spent my day updating and expanding www.liznealon.com to reflect the professional activity that's occupied my time this fall. ...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

"Life With My X-Men" - A blog about the Upside Down Show

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Kristie Meyer, describing her boys and their love of the Upside Down Show, writes "We used to have to get a napkin out for Shane and Da...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Neopets Christmas Gallery

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I have been collecting for many years, and if I do say so, I have one of the best Christmas collections in Neopia! I also take advantage of ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Abby Cadabby Debuts in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

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Photo: Macy's I have to say, I am so tickled to see our "girly" muppet, Abby Cadabby, looking so gorgeous in this bigger than ...