by Carol Jane Morrison | Jul 25, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File July 2018 Essay: “Give My Regards to Broadway” GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY My fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Sophie, is determined to have a Broadway musical career. She acts, dances, and sings in the Pacific Coastal Youth Theater, and...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jun 14, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File June 2018 Essay: “Far Too Long” FAR TOO LONG The small, fortiesh man in a t-shirt and stocking cap stands at the mic in front of the state capitol in Olympia and says, grinning, “When the Asians come out protesting, you know there’s some...
by Carol Jane Morrison | May 24, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File May 2018 Essay: “Life in Death Valley” LIFE IN DEATH VALLEY When I told my grandson, on the phone, that his Grandpa Ed and I would be leaving for the Southwest and Death Valley, he said, “I wouldn’t want to go to a place that had...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Apr 13, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File April 2018 Essay: “Surprise!” SURPRISE! When I was a therapist and teacher, I taught courses on how to be assertive. I can cite the particulars: Aggressiveness is a show of power. Assertiveness is a show of strength and control. Aggressiveness is...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Mar 16, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File March 2018 Essay: “Finders, Givers” FINDERS, GIVERS I didn’t know exactly what I was after when I signed up for the Search for Meaning Festival at Seattle University. Perspective, maybe, and guidance on making sense of the current chaos....
by Carol Jane Morrison | Feb 14, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File February 2018 Essay: “Forty Days” FORTY DAYS Lent is coming up, a forty day period (not counting Sundays) leading to Easter, with an invitation to “go into the desert”, confront our demons, and, hopefully, contact what lies hidden deep within us....
