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September Magazine

We focus on education through a lens that surpasses what we learn in school. We have stories about people doing amazing things to cultivate lifelong learning and to champion our thirst for wisdom. Reverend Anne Saunders was called to be a minister in the early 1980s. Her journey as a teacher, a wife, a mother, caretaker to her parents, and as a minister is one of profound faith. Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about the launch of her pilot project “Tempests and Teapots” that explores lesser known facts in American Colonial History. Stay tuned for a presentation of “Tempests and Teapots,” coming soon in your neck of the woods. Our book review, How To Know A Person by David Brooks, probes how we can learn to expand our emotional intelligence by giving other people a chance to be seen and heard. Yonkers Historian Mary Hoar writes about prominent journalist, author and activist John Edward Bruce who is long overdue to receive a stone of substance.  –Patricia Vaccarino


JULY 2024 MAGAZINE

True Beauty is found everywhere, especially in the arts. Our feature story this month is about the dynamic dance studio Dance Conservatory Seattle that serves professional dancers, as well as local residents who’ve never set foot in a ballet studio before. Regarding Truth & Beauty, I have a peculiar interest in the art world that has manifested itself in my latest book, a fictional account of a woman artist who suffers from a fall in grace (details coming soon). I hope you enjoy my summer round-up of books related to the art world.  –Patricia Vaccarino

 


March 2024 Magazine

This month  Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about a young woman, Raihab Baig, who has taken her passion for exploring healthy beverages to create a thriving business. Nick Licata’s analysis of the Middle East succinctly places the current Gaza Conflict within a historical context. In How NOT to Read the News, Patricia Vaccarino writes about how we can get a reality check to tell what is real from what is not. As always, Time Marches On! Happy March! 

 


January 2024 Magazine

Welcome 2024! Among our resolutions for the new year, we can choose to become better listeners. Our feature Listen to This explores the idea that there is no greater gift we can give someone than the chance to be heard. Barbara McMichael writes about historic preservation in her article Preserving the Past | Protecting the Future. Thinking about historic preservation makes me remember my small book—The Death of a Library. With war raging in the Ukraine, and in Gaza, it’s a good time to ponder whether there is such a thing as a Good War. Many predict 2024 will be a tumultuous year. We offer the perfect antidotes to stress in Take Comfort in Small Things. This month we present the sixth and final chapter of Dr. Peter Corning’s groundbreaking new book Superorganism. My book review of  Picasso by Gertrude Stein asserts that Stein’s craft and technique does not stand the test of time. 

 


September 2023

This month we explore education. We are swamped with information, but the problem is we have so little time to filter what is true from what is not true. We spend at least five hours a day on our phones—and that is a conservative estimate. Ten hours a day of screen time is not unusual. In any interaction we have with a white screen, especially with a phone, we are passive recipients of a digital experience. Are we becoming mindless blobs?