November 2025 Book Recommendation
Three things I didn’t know before I read A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader edited by Maria Popova and Claude Zoe Bedrick and published by Enchanted Lion Books. 1) This book took eight years from start to finish. 2) This book includes 121 letters to young readers written by artists, writers, philosophers, scientists, musicians, entrepreneurs and more. 3) That each letter is accompanied by an original illustration from an artist. A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader was one of those books someone told me about so I waited until my to-be-read pile got a wee bit smaller before I checked it out from the…
Jim Carrey: I Needed Color
Free Short Story: In Praise of Daffodils
Jean Livesey-Chee worries about her brilliant but rebellious student Sabina Chase. Every effort to guide and help the high school senior use her talent is met with disdain. Jean despairs that she will never reach Sabina and that failing her will have far reaching consequences. But one day Sabina will teach Jean a lesson she never knew she needed. A short story for those who understand the power of art.
To make living
Simple Living
I’m always impressed when a graphic designer takes complex thoughts and boils them down to the simplistic and powerful. You can see more of the art of Estefania Loret de Mola here