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MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… I subscribe to Omnimystery News, a great source of “the latest” about mysteries and crime novels appearing in all formats. One spectacular feature is the Free Mysterebooks every week. Occasionally, someone as well known as Ian Rankin will offer a book free or at a low, low price. Many more freebies come from little-known MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… This book you’ve got to read, and it won’t take long. It is a TED book (under 20,000 words). It will amaze you to discover how our grandchildren’s world will look — and BREATHE. TITLE: LIVING ARCHITECTURE: HOW SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY CAN REMAKE OUR CITIES AND RESHAPE OUR LIVES TED Books, 2012 A reader who got a MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… No, this is not a blog about tinnitus. It’s a commentary following the ringing of bells on Sunday, the anniversary of theTucson shootings, loss of lives, and re-emergence of Gabby Giffords. Many people said the events displayed a coming together of people in a sincere feeling of community. I hope so. This hope turns to MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… There’s better news on immigration today. A study by demographers at the University of Southern California shows that people who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1990s “made consistent progress toward social and economic integration until the Great Recession” (“Immigrants Are Still Fitting In,” Wall Street Journal, Monday, November 14, 2011, A5). There are some MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… Living in a border state, one can hardly escape thinking about immigration. I have always thought a fence for keeping people out is delusional. Spending millions (or is it billions?) on a more sophisticated border fence is obscene. Think of what that money could do to educate and prepare people wanting economic relief  MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . This morning I heard that Borders bookstores are closing, all 399, putting 11,000 people out of work. I’ve always liked the size of Borders, but for several years I have wondered why they don’t do more to liven up their retail environments. Why didn’t they fight back? The bigger store down We have just returned from another trip to New Mexico (where signs posted with the title here –GUSTY WINDS MAY EXIST — used to amuse us). They don’t any more. I have written before about the trauma of divorce affecting our family. Everybody is in therapy! Amidst the struggles for “closure” (a Moxie Cosmos Says… Under normal circumstances it is a challenge to keep tabs on an active six-year-old, but when you fear she might be grabbed by someone representing the “other side” of her family, then it is exhausting. Two weeks ago, after a school performance, our grandchild was rushed by two women, one her aunt from MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . An E-vertisement (is that what they are called?) arrived this morning warning of elderscams — all the myriad ways people my age are exploited. Advice was given: look at your prescription sales slips, don’t let just anyone sell you a new roof….and much more. At the bottom was a link to Consider this Part II of my post “Grandchild at Risk.” The main characters are a mother who needs Bone Marrow Transplant to delay the onset of Leukemia, a father she accused of domestic abuse (hearing dismissed with prejudice), and a six-year-old who loves dogs. My husband and I are secondary players, though we have been |
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