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Entries from June 2006

The Time Machine

June 21st, 2006 · Comments Off

H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine had been on my to-read list for a very long time. Since I’ve enjoyed so many novels in which time travel of one sort or another has played a role, I thought I really should read the granddaddy. Well, now I have, and I don’t have to do that [...]

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What price global fellowship?

June 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

Here’s the NYT’s coverage of the big religious news of the weekend: Woman Is Named Episcopal Leader Amongst the reporting is this nugget from one of those who is unhappy:
“In many ways the election speaks for itself,” Bishop Robert W. Duncan Jr. of Pittsburgh said in a statement. Bishop Duncan is the moderator of the [...]

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Regeneration: Species Imperative #3

June 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Julie E. Czerneda’s Regeneration was eagerly awaited and eagerly read. My hopes were exceeded. (This is the book I was reading at Dance Camp instead of dancing).
It would be nice to have another story about Dr. Mackenzie Connor, but this trilogy was fully resolved with this volume. There was plenty of tension, both in plot [...]

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Travelin’

June 4th, 2006 · Comments Off

I’ve had a month of not always knowing if I’m coming or going. It started off the second week of May with a visit to Fry Communications, which prints and mails UU World, to meet our account rep, see the magazine on the press, and get a tour. Fry is located in Mechanicsburg, Pa., so [...]

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