by Julie Mathison | Oct 5, 2020 | Literature, Music
Vinyl. Is there anything more quintessentially “analog” than the LP? It’s the first thing that comes to mind when we think of the term, most obviously because of the technology itself. A stylus in motion interacts with a groove to create electrical...
by Julie Mathison | Sep 7, 2020 | Literature, Spirituality
Tax week. Trouble has come home to roost. Days pass as I sit at the dining room table, scribbling notes and deciphering notes previously scribbled and moving piles of paper from one place to another. Consequently, here I am with very little time to compose my...
by Julie Mathison | Aug 21, 2020 | Children's literature, Literature
Why do children read books? As an author of books for kids and teens, this question often occupies my mind. I follow trends, read bestsellers and award winners, parse the accolades and ponder formulas. And often, especially back in the days when I was...
by Julie Mathison | Aug 17, 2020 | Children's literature, Literature, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Margaret J. Anderson was born in 1931 in Gorebridge, a small coal-mining town a few miles south of Edingurgh, Scotland. At 88, she is a beacon of inspiration for we who find ourselves looking down the barrel of our second half-century. Independent,...
by Julie Mathison | Jul 18, 2020 | Ideas, Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Spirituality
What is it to hold to things you cannot see, touch, taste or feel? To be governed by principles no legislation can decree but the whisperings of your own heart, your instincts, your faith — ineffable as it is? One cannot say anything truly new about...
by Julie Mathison | Jun 1, 2020 | Ideas, Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Spirituality
The irony is not lost on me. I have set about to blog, in the digital sphere, on all things analog — analog values, lenses, activities, objects, attitudes and ways of being. The very technology which makes my venture possible derives from principles alien to my...
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