Author Archives: len

Here are some internet pearls I’ve found using StumbleUpon in the past week or so: Wisdomquotes.com – an incredibly extensive list of quotes, by categories. From the Christmas group, I found this one from Garrison Keillor: “A lovely thing about … Continue reading →

For Christmas Eve, I’m offering up this eight-minute excerpt from Bill Clinton’s address to the Slate 60 gathering of philanthropists on November 13, 2006 at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. Talking about what it means to be truly … Continue reading →

Click here for a doggone cute video podcast prepared by the White House. It features the President, Laura, and their two dogs, with a few Cabinet secretaries thrown in for good measure. (This is a reward to my mother the … Continue reading →

I’ve been caught in a loop for the past hour, and it’s nearly midnight. The only way I can get out of it is to warn others, to post words to my blog. The site is StumbleUpon, and it quickly … Continue reading →

Click here for a 10-minute audio from Sen. Barack Obama’s visit to the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver. It includes an inspired intro by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. Great fun, wish we’d been there. A couple of Obama treats from … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Winter Beach Girls, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. Darlene and Claire enjoy the sun at Ocean Park, Maine, during our … Continue reading →

1) Obama-mania, which Darlene and I are going to sample first-hand today in Manchester, N.H., where Barack will sign books at a gathering at the Frank Jones Center, a venue where all 700 available tickets were snapped up last week. … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Episcopal Campus, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. My walk to Harvard Square from my parents’ home offers this serene view … Continue reading →

A touching story of a young baseball fan who received a signed card back from one of his heros–15 years after the initial request. From Slate’s excellent daily podcast hosted by Andy Bowers. Click here to listen. You can read … Continue reading →

In the December issue of the AA Grapevine is an impressive story of a marriage saved through recovery, after a year of waiting and work. I subscribe to the audio version of the Grapevine, so I was able to listen … Continue reading →