non-fiction
It was a golden Indian summer day in late September. After working
up a sweat rollerblading on the rail trail I went for a long swim in the cool
waters of Mudge Pond. Only a few Canadian geese paddling off shore
broke the silence. I lay in the sand fi lling my open pores with the warm
rays of […]
Bruce Morse is a published author. He is the author of "Forgive Myself". Bruce is also a professional photographer and painter.
A short summary of the book, "I built a fortress to hide from the world. I built a prison to lock up my heart and soul. But life has a way of tearing down walls. Institutionalized at thirteen, diagnosed schizophrenic at 24, losing a son at 45, this is the story of how my walls shattered, my defenses collapsed and I was given the gift of confronting my deepest fears. It is also the story of the people in my life, those who wounded me, those I wounded, those who inspir . . .
There was a time, not long ago, when most people thought that blind people could never learn to read. People thought that the only way to read was to look at words with your eyes. A young French boy named Louis Braille thought otherwise. Blind from the age of three, young Louis desperately wanted to […]
Phil Shapiro delivered the keynote address at the annual Computers in Adult Literacy conference in Philadelphia in 2000. He blogs on the group blog, Community Voices, at PCWorld.com. He has worked for the Arlington Public Schools as an Instructional Technology Coorinator. Please see the complete bio for more information.