By SHARON K. GILBERT November 1, 2008 OK, ALL YOU writers out there! Sharpen your pencils, poison your pens, or just nimble up those typing fingers, because it’s National Novel Writing Month! That’s right, the thirty days of November offer up a once a year chance to throw caution toContinue Reading

Ginger (right) and Mac reveal secret plans to their coop-mates. I’ve added the DJIA chart from this past week. (Graphic image from Chicken Run, Released 2000 by Dreamworks SKG) By SHARON K. GILBERT October 24, 2008 YOU CAN LEARN a lot from a chicken. I refer here to the ‘cast’Continue Reading

By SHARON K. GILBERT September 25, 2008 WITH ALL THE monumental spin surrounding the looming, United States financial crisis, most would be hard-pressed to notice two potent little events taking place this week: The annual meeting of The Clinton Global Initiative and a special, online event from The Tony BlairContinue Reading