This newsletter was sent to everyone on Jim’s email list (4,067) on Friday, April 20, 2018. Finally, the crimson clover has started to bloom (about a month late, due mostly to cold weather). Agriculturally, that’s the big event in our lives this week. The bees have started to work the clover, and now, maybe, the • Read More »
Archives: Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov on thinking and writing clearly
April 23, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: writers, writing.In his 72 years (1920-1992), he wrote or edited more than 500 books and as many as 90,000 letters and postcards. An asteroid, a crater on Mars, and an elementary school in Brooklyn are named after him.
The death of a great mystery writer; and more crimes against English; newsletter Jan. 5, 2017
January 8, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: newsletter.This newsletter was sent to everyone on Jim’s email list (3,662) on Friday, January 5, 2017. Special note: If you have unsubscribed to this list previously, I apologize for this email. I had some problems with the list this week — due mainly to my incompetence — and some unsubscribers may have been added back in. • Read More »