Media From the Heart by Ruth Hill

I was really surprised to read about today’s feature. It was on this date in 2013, that Blaer Bjarkardottir won the right to keep her first name even though Blaer is typically considered a boy’s name. Iceland has very strict laws concerning names, but this 15-year-old won her case in spite of the objections of the country’s naming committee. Now, […]

It was on this date in 1982, that Richard Skretna wrote the first computer virus called Elk Cloner. He was a teenager at the time, and this first virus was disguised an Apple II boot program. It was 400 lines long, and this was before anti-virus programs were around like they are now.  He only did it as a prank, […]

Title: Hanging On by the Scratch Marks My Nails Left Behind: Raw Faith Author: Elizabeth Chalker Paperback: 470 pages Genre: Christian Non-Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle ISBN-10: 1612151205 ISBN-13: 978-1612151205   Elizabeth Chalker is still in the furnace of life’s’ calamities and fighting the good fight of faith and endurance, keeping her eyes on the prize of heaven. Before serious, physical illness […]

  Elf Hills by S.S. Dudley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Something strange, something magical, is going on in the dusty hills behind the small town of Villaloma. Yet each time Linda Peters puts on her running shoes and sets out to find the enchanted kingdom she imagines—full of dancing elves, unicorns, and more—something stops her. And with school starting soon, […]

Synopsis: When a woman learns that her father has passed away, she must confront the past (and the town) she left behind. (For my astute readers, you will remember a previous review of this film. It was written by a guest reviewer and good friend of mine. Access it here.) My review: This movie is like journeying back to another […]

Synopsis: The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. He’s disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter. His co-pilot, Lt. Coker Fasjovic, isn’t too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft as he has only a short time before he again becomes a […]

  Humor Date Published: February 10, 2014     Whimsy – Humorous Tales of Adventure, Friendship and Outdoor Ventures For Young Adult Readers and those young at Heart Adventures with Ragweed is a collection of humorous short stories filled with adventure and family themes. Ragweed is a tribute to the whimsical part of each of us. Follow this young teen and […]

It was on this date in 1784 that one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, wrote a letter to his daughter that explained his preference for the wild turkey instead of the bald eagle as our national bird.  While this may sound absurd to us today, things were a little different back then, and Franklin made some potentially valid points.You […]

USC Library Science In this age where technology is valued so highly, one might think that libraries are obsolete. Nothing could be further from the truth. The role of libraries is to provide access to resources and information, but traditional books are not the driving force any more. As the digital revolution continues to expand, libraries need to evolve. In […]

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