by Nigel Blackwell | Life, Paris Love Match, Writing
Book covers are works of art in their own right. Mine was made from the image above, a good deal of photoshop, and a lot more artistic talent than I’m blessed with. The original picture is from a stock library. I like the style, the fact that the images were Parisian,...
by Nigel Blackwell | Life
Shakespeare. Chaucer. The Old Man and the Sea. Despite the brilliance of these writers and their works, I’d venture that plenty of kids at high school view them with loathing. I know I did. Well, Chaucer, at least. Sorry, Geoff 🙂 Fortunately, there are many ways to...
by Nigel Blackwell | Life
I can’t believe this. I went away to the DFW Writer’s Conference for the weekend, and when I got back, certain people in the house had hatched a plan to adopt a well-trained, 8 year-old, Siberian Husky from some friends of ours. I apparently did have a...
by Nigel Blackwell | Life
I’ve been flat out busy this past week, so forgive me for this rushed (and late) post. I have a broader post that will go into the data in the post in more detail, but it’ll have to wait another week. I just want to say something, because The American...
by Nigel Blackwell | Life
If you didn’t dial a friends phone number for twelve weeks, would you remember it? If you didn’t get out of bed for twelve weeks, would you be able to walk? If you didn’t speak for twelve weeks, you you be able to give a talk? So why do we give kids...
by Nigel Blackwell | Life
A month ago I wrote about the moment when the crew of an SR-71 were king of the hill. Now the Blackbird was pretty much king of the hill for all its life, but that was a special, smile inducing moment, and I asked if anyone else had had such a moment. One of the...