The Wordsmith's Forge

I spotted this reminder today:

Connie Schultz | http://messenger.truthout.org/ss/link.php?M=242986&N=292&C=77df04b1af279a19325f241f5f8dcb2c&L=2773
Connie Schultz, Truthout: "We call them school librarians, but in these contentious times, I'm inclined to call them heroes. Now is as good a time as any to mention that this is Banned Books Week, which is sponsored annually by the American Library Association to celebrate the freedom to read."

This week's posts on Gaiatribe: Ideas for a Thinking Planet include:

How to Plant Tulip Bulbs
Plan Ahead for Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
Review: Way of Water
Review: Enter the Earth
Weekend Meet-n-Greet 9-26-09
Three Questions: “Fighting For The Right To Bike To School”
News: “Farmers Markets Double Nationwide with White House Next Stop”

Most folks on LiveJournal belong to a bunch of communities. Some of the good ones are kind of obscure. The "Featured Community" meme encourages people to share their favorite communities.

1. Cite a community that you enjoy. 
   
2. Summarize its purpose and parameters. 
   
3. Invite your audience to join the community and/or reply with their favorite communities.

Today's featured community is: sfwriters

This community is mainly for people who enjoy writing science fiction of any flavor. However, SF readers may also want to take a peek, if you enjoy seeing how things are made. Here you'll find discussions of writing techniques, questions and answers, talk about common genre motifs, and prompts for writing challenges.

This popped up on the Cybermind list today:

MESSENGER Mission News
September 29, 2009
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu<http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/>

Here is a set of articles about the environment and related issues...

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The following articles all relate to some aspect of health care reform (or lack thereof)...

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