January, 2010

Community Building

Text of a recent Toastmasters speech Michael gave at Taft Camp– Community Building I don’t know how many of you remember studies of early Western Civilization, but on the pages of a history book that’s circulating I read a passage describing the early Greeks. As founders of the first known city, the Greeks recognized the […]

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave

Title: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave Date Read: January 19, 2010 Book title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave Author: Frederick Douglas Book Publisher: Barnes and Noble Classics Series (1845/2003) Non-Fiction / 126 pages Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave was the […]

Lessons From Prison

Date Read: January 6, 2010 Book Title: Lessons From Prison Book Author: Justin M. Paperny Book Publisher: APS (2009) Non Fiction/ 200 pages  Lessons From Prison was the first book I read in 2010 Why I read Lessons From Prison:  Justin Paperny, the author of Lessons From Prison, was confined with me at Taft Camp […]

Fourth Quarter Report–2009

It feels good to have completed the fourth quarter of 2009.  On the first day of this year I set clearly defined goals, and through my daily journal entries, along with the three previous quarterly reports that I published, I kept readers current with the progress I made toward each.  Now, on the last day […]

Black Boy

Date read: December 31, 2009 Book Title: Black Boy Book Author: Richard Wright Book Publisher: Harper Collins/1944 Nonfiction/ 419 pages Black Boy was the 21st book I finished reading in 2009 Why I read Black Boy: My friend, Steve Urie, recommended that I read accomplished nonfiction writers.  Although Steve said that he was not a […]