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I have known Ed Kampf for decades. I reached out to him last week after getting a visit from an air conditioning repair person that had alarmed me, because I knew that he knows about mold. The repair person had told me that we may have a problem with our air conditioning system and was recommending installation of a product to combat mold growth with UV light. Ed came to our home a week ago and tested to see if we had high levels of mold within the house, and we didn't. He le

When Barbara Simon passed away, her daughter, Rachel Simon, a long-time friend of mine, gave me a book that her parents had owned, The Centenary History. Usually, when I provide a link, the link is to a spot on the internet where readers can learn more about the book. This link, though, takes readers to the book! I am almost embarrassed to admit that I just read this book! Barbara was buried over two years ago, and it has been sitting on my desk for almost that long. The book

I am a big fan of reading and a big fan of Little Free Library as well. Historically, I have read a lot of non-fiction, but, as a young person, I read a lot of fiction. Once I started working, I was "too busy" with work to read "for fun" and quit reading fiction. A few years ago, I restarted with a big passion. What I like about Little Free Library is that it is convenient, and it is good for the consumers of books, who pay nothing. For me, the best thing is that it gets me t

I had never heard of Barbara Delinsky until I found a book by her, Commitments, that I discuss below, in April. For those that don't know...

I never knew about Leah Lax, but I picked up her memoir Uncovered in a box in my neighborhood and absolutely enjoyed learning about her through this book published a decade ago. Leah, born as Lisa to a Jewish family in Dallas that belonged to Congregation Emanu-El. This is a very large congregation that was formed in 1876. Her mother was an artist, and her father was mentally ill ultimately. She had two sisters, one older and one younger. I have been unable to determine her

The book is about the Black perspective on being a housekeeper for a white family in the 1960s in Mississippi. Stockett does a good job in my view.

Walter Isaacson, a fantastic biographer, tells the story of Jennifer Doudna, a very interesting scientist.

I like what the author did here. She actually had two stories going back and forth, both tied together around a French tragedy.

REITs are a very interesting type of stock, and Brad Thomas does a fantastic job of explaining what they are and how to go about investing.

Anita Diamant tells the unknown story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.

Bernie Madoff and Mark Anderson were bad people who did bad things and hurt many.

I learned so much about Steve Jobs reading the book about him by Walter Isaacson

My son gave me a book as a birthday gift, and, when I read it in March, I felt jealous of the author, William Helmreich. The book, The...

Robert Hamburger wrote this book in 1973. He went to Fayette County, TN in 1965 as a civil rights worker and stayed a week with two of the people in the book, Harper and Minnie Jameson. Fayette County is to the East of Memphis, and it has about 42K residents. The book tells the story of the Blacks in Fayette County through speeches that the author heard from many folks. They discuss the time period from 1959 to the early 70s, The author did a good job of discussing the key fo

I found this book in a Little Free Library in my neighborhood on Sunday and grabbed it quickly. It was a fantastic read. I had heard of...

My wife checked out two books for me recently that she selected, and this is about the second of them, Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson. I...

I am a huge fan of Friends! My wife, who checked out Matthew Perry's memoir out for me from the Houston Public Library, views it as my...

The bad news is that I missed out big time. The good news is that I finally know about Maya Angelou. I recently read a book by her, The Heart of a Woman: I was a big reader growing up, but, once I graduated college and became a workaholic, I cut back on the books. Since my recovery from the tragedy two years ago, I have become a reader again. I found this book in one of the "Little Free Library boxes" in my neighborhood and decided to give it a shot. Of course, I had heard of

In 2020, the George Floyd mess opened my eyes to something: We are still a racist country. His death stunned the country. It took place during the pandemic, and it resulted in the prosecution of the white police officer who killed him. The bigger issue, to me, was that the relationship between blacks and whites in the U.S. was shown to be under pressure. He grew up in the Houston area and is buried in Pearland: I was hopeful that this murder would help change things based on

I just read a fantastic biography. Paul Alexander, a famous biographer, wrote about Sylvia Plath, someone I remembered from high school....