I have been reading Niacin - the Real Story. Samuel's therapist suggested it for him and it certainly sounds like it is something worth adding to ones nutrition. Not only does it help schitzophrenia, also arthritis, altzheimers, and coronary disease. The authors have also seen improvements in allergies and aging slowed. The biggest side effect is a flush which can be reduced or eliminated by changing the dosage.
I also enjoy books by Ann Patchett, an occasional Nicholas Sparks, and my favorites are historical fiction in the Santa Fe trail time frame. Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow is my all time favorite book.
Tim is currently reading An Angel Walks through the Stage. It is by a Norwegian author, Jon Fosse. This is a good choice as they are short essays, so he can finish one before he falls asleep:)
For you folks that enjoy kids books - Have you read the Phantom Tollbooth? It has lots of puns.
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10.15.2016
10.13.2016
Hello all,
The plays the thing....where you'll catch Charles reading.
Not surprisingly, most of my reading nowadays is for my job and that is reading plays.
Currently on my list:
Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafĂ©. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. A work about how we memorialize the dead—and how that remembering changes us—it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
In an important publishing event, Samuel French, in cooperation with the Thornton Wilder estate is pleased to release the playwright's definitive version of Our Town. This edition of the play differs only slightly from previous acting editions, yet it presents Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed. Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town of Grover's Corners through three acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage," and "Death and Eternity." Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually—in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre—die. Thornton Wilder's final word on how he wanted his play performed is an invaluable addition to the American stage and to the libraries of theatre lovers internationally.
The Odd Couple [Female Version] by Neil Simon
Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon's hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of The Odd Couple. Instead of the poker party that begins the original version, Ms. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit. The Pidgeon sisters have been replaced by the two Constanzuela brothers. But the hilarity remains the same.
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it’s just…Almost.
One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.
ALMOST, MAINE: It’s love. But not quite.
So that's what I'm reading for the next couple of months. Fun stuff.
Love to all.
Charles
The plays the thing....where you'll catch Charles reading.
Not surprisingly, most of my reading nowadays is for my job and that is reading plays.
Currently on my list:
Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafĂ©. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. A work about how we memorialize the dead—and how that remembering changes us—it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
In an important publishing event, Samuel French, in cooperation with the Thornton Wilder estate is pleased to release the playwright's definitive version of Our Town. This edition of the play differs only slightly from previous acting editions, yet it presents Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed. Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town of Grover's Corners through three acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage," and "Death and Eternity." Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually—in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre—die. Thornton Wilder's final word on how he wanted his play performed is an invaluable addition to the American stage and to the libraries of theatre lovers internationally.
The Odd Couple [Female Version] by Neil Simon
Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon's hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of The Odd Couple. Instead of the poker party that begins the original version, Ms. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit. The Pidgeon sisters have been replaced by the two Constanzuela brothers. But the hilarity remains the same.
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it’s just…Almost.
One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.
ALMOST, MAINE: It’s love. But not quite.
So that's what I'm reading for the next couple of months. Fun stuff.
Love to all.
Charles
10.12.2016
Auntie's Reads
I like to read romantic suspense, FBI procedural and children's books. My all time favorite romantic suspense is the O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson. It's about 7 siblings who are family by choice not by birth. Each sibling has their own story.
A favorite author of FBI procedural books is Catherine Coulter.
Last, I like children's books. They make me giggle. Hears my newest that I bought at the fair thinking I would give it as a gift. Well, not so. I kept it for myself.
A favorite author of FBI procedural books is Catherine Coulter.
Last, I like children's books. They make me giggle. Hears my newest that I bought at the fair thinking I would give it as a gift. Well, not so. I kept it for myself.
10.11.2016
Pam and Randy's favorite reads.
Pam:
My favorite books to read are children's books. Any kind make my day! The old lady series are fun as they have them for each season and holiday now! The secretary at school and I enjoyed reading these to the Kindergarteners a couple of years ago and finding all the objects to have her swallow. The secretary just told me the other day that she gets to read these to the Kindergarteners again this year - what fun she will have!
Randy:
My favorite books to read are children's books. Any kind make my day! The old lady series are fun as they have them for each season and holiday now! The secretary at school and I enjoyed reading these to the Kindergarteners a couple of years ago and finding all the objects to have her swallow. The secretary just told me the other day that she gets to read these to the Kindergarteners again this year - what fun she will have!
Randy:
Magazines-Time, The Economist, National Geographic and Discover
in addition to 25+ computer trade publications. These provide insight into
various initiatives and developments around the world in addition to big news
events. For fun, Peanuts and other comics as well as history and religion still
provide pleasure reading.
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