Category: Books

• JESUITS IN SPACE–A REVIEW OF THE BOOK “THE SPARROW”

  

  My review of Mary Doria Russel’s “The Sparrow”

  Jamie Greening

  October 13, 2014

  blogging, Books, Writing

  Book Review, Goodreads, Jesuits, Mary Doria Russell, sci-fi, The Sparrow

• WRITING PLAYLISTS

  

  Different kinds of music help me write different kinds of things.

  Jamie Greening

  October 8, 2014

  Books, Church, Culture, Writing

  Church hymns, creativity, dialogue, Duran Duran, fight scenes, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, MIchael Stipe, music, REM, sci-fi, Writing, writing playlist, ZZ Top

• “IF I STAY” (MOVIE) FEATURING THE NASTY BRUISES

  What would you name your rock band?  It is something I’ve given a lot of thought to, and it came up again this weekend. Last week I had the joy of watching yet another teen flick.  Okay, I was taken kicking and screaming, but that is beside the point.  My youngest sprout had read the…

  Jamie Greening

  September 8, 2014

  All, Books, Culture, Movies, Writing

  Assimov, bananas, band names, bands, If I Stay, movies, music, Nietzche, Portland, Tolkien

• UPDATE ON MY DAUGHTER’S FOOLISH SCHOOL

  Institutions sometimes just do not make any sense at all. To wit, some of you will remember my blog post from two weeks ago as I described the orientation for my daughter’s high school.  You can read the whole thing by clicking here, but for the point of today’s update, all you need to know…

  Jamie Greening

  September 4, 2014

  blogging, Books, Culture, politics

  agendas, day planners, education, high school orientation, institutions, schools, technology