All royalties form the sale of my book, The Mended Circle, will go to The Birthing Project USA  

"T h e U n d e r g r o u n d R a i l r o a d f o r… Read full post »

Invisibility Cloak demoed at TED2013 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html

Dumb Ways to Die  http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/dumb_ways_to_die_20121128/

AND THIS:  Animated GIFs of deep space objects in 3D http://earthsky.org/space/animated-gifs-of… Read full post »

FREE E-BOOK!

THE MENDED CIRCLE by Lyn LeJeune

released this month!

IF YOU LIKED THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE, THE KNOWN WORLD, THE WORKS OF ALICE WALKER, YOU WILL LOVE THE… Read full post »

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 (sorry, this is not a vomit story, but it should make you sick)

    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAWS IN AMERICA

In the past couple of years, states like Michigan have been passing what are called Emergency Management Laws.  These laws take away the authority of th/… Read full post »

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”

― Harriet Tubman

http://www.amazon.com/The-Mended-Circle-ebook/dp/B00B8UQDZW

EXCERPT:

When Philo Marie Sonnier was born, he received the waters of two gods:  the Catholic Church and the/… Read full post »

"On Ash Wednesday of 1869, the maitresse d’ecole of the once grand plantation called Jewelweed smoothed ragged crosses on the foreheads of ten orphaned slave children. She used ashes mixed with chalk; the black coal dust that the old priest  smeared on the children did not adequate/… Read full post »

Author Interview for THE MENDED CIRCLE by Lyn LeJeune

http://www.amazon.com/The-Mended-Circle-ebook/dp/B00B8UQDZW

 I am going to schedule a post about The Mended Circle for Lincoln’s birthday. Would you like to answer a few questions about it? If so they are:

1.  &nb… Read full post »

If you liked books like The Known World by Edward P. Jones or the recent Twelve Tribes of Hattie, you will fall in love with The Mended Circle 

The Mended Circle traces seven generations born of Philo Marie Sonnier, a deranged and brutal Confederate soldier and an unknown… Read full post »

Hi Salon people.  I have been gone so long and out of circulation for a little while here.  both my mother and father passed recently... both in early 90s..so had long lives.  I decided to work on a new book to let the tension in me pass.  Here it is.  I'll… Read full post »

  http://historicalnovelreview.blogspot.com/2011/12/elijah-rising-by-lyn-lejeune.html?spref=fb

Elijah Rising by Lyn LeJeune

Overview: The story of the Ishmael-like friendship between two young men: a wealthy white New Yorker,… Read full post »

On this day, one of America's greatest writers died, leaving us with works that teach and will endure:

http://www.steinbeck.org/

http://salinaspubliclibrary.org/john-steinbeck-library

The Grapes of Wrath, excerpt

And the great owners, who must lose
their land in an upheaval, the great o… Read full post »

If you read it and like it, please pass it on or give it as a present of mind.

thank you for all your support, Lyn

http://www.amazon.com/Elijah-Rising-ebook/dp/B005L9A19A/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1310946856&sr=1-1#freeebooks

Elijah Rising is now use… Read full post »

http://occupyeducated.org/  check this out, join, post information, suggestions... be part of the Movement when you cannot be in the streets:

William Faulkner's complete works sold for TV adaptation

HBO signs deal with Deadwood creator David Milch to produce films and series based on Faulkner's novels and stories

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/01/william-faulkner-tv-adaptation

Our Animals, Ourselves

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Finding Fernanda By Erin Siegal Cathexis Press 300 pp

Finding Fernanda

Two mothers – one in the US, one in Guatemala – seek the same

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifyi… Read full post »

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/the-pepper-spraying-cop-gets-his-own-meme_b45800

The artwork Pike has wandered into is John Trumbull‘s “Declaration of Independence.” More meme after the jump.

Lt. Pike has been placed on administrative lea… Read full post »

Before I post, I like to scroll down the other posts to see whats happening. I got tired trying to find something besides a football or other sports announcement. Hope all of you have a happy Saturday.  If you happen to go to an indie bookstore, ask them to stock Elijah… Read full post »

       "A book is the perfect gift"

 ELIJAH RISING

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It all began in April of 1917. I waited for war. The world had gone mad.  All that was left was for +Mr. Wilson to pull the trigger. The debates continued in Congress. But it was all just formality.  America had been moving to the edge of the abyss since before… Read full post »

The mysticism and religious fanaticism of the Dust Bowl era has had a profound impact on the arts. Popular TV shows like HBO’s Carnivale have brought… Read full post »