Author: loisholzman
02 Feb Imagination and Teardrops
I just learned about Gianni Rodari, a children's writer and Communist almost unknown in the US. I love this description from a New York Times article about him: To Rodari, imagination was always revolutionary, because he thought that, when readers picture different worlds, they stop taking existing conditions for granted and...
06 Jan WE’RE BECOMING A BOOK!
We are becoming a book! Yes! A selection of your letters and my responses to them are the centerpiece of the upcoming A Developmentalist’s Guide to Better Mental Health: Navigating Everyday Life Dilemmas. I’ve grouped them thematically by topics such as Family Life, On the Job, What a World!, and It’s...
04 Oct Words to Ponder # 45
A rabbi was asked by one of his students “Why did God create atheists?” After a long pause, the rabbi finally responded with a soft but sincere voice. “God created atheists” he said, “to teach us the most important lesson of them all – the lesson of true compassion. You...
05 Jun New Letter to the Developmentalist: I Don’t Want My Kids Living on Screens!
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09 May New Letter to the Developmentalist: Death. War. Sickness. Loss.
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09 May New Letter to the Developmentalist: It’s Hard to Let Go of My Youth
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23 Apr New Letter to the Developmentalist: My Voice is Not Welcome – Right or Left!
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02 Apr Words to Ponder # 45
From former US Poet Laureate, Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem's room and feel the...
24 Mar New Letter to the Developmentalist: I’m a conflicted romantic!
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