To my conscious friends and family...
Oh, the wonderful world of Wiki energy and open domain...
Here is a link to a lovely illustrated version of Clement C. Moore's A Visit From Saint Nicholas thanks to The Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17135/17135-h/17135-h.htm
Here is a link to librivox, a volunteer based library of recordings of thousands of public domain books. I've loved the Mark Twain writings, Wind in the Willows, and many more. This link will provide many different accents and styles reading Clement's book. Nice for the kids (and kids in us). http://librivox.org/a-visit-from-saint-nicholas-by-clement-clarke-moore/
And in among all of this should go a shout out to Wikipedia and its almost 100 employees, only a decade old, in dozens of languages, and so much more. Sure, it scares some that we are learning from a collective project which is what wiki meant in the beginning, but to me, it gives me hope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia and http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising
Or how about David's vision? http://www.worldreader.org/ providing reading to unrealized dreams in far away villages.
Oh happy day, Makani http://openedmymind.blogspot.com/p/booklist.html (a feeble and underdeveloped list of books that I am glad I have read and intend to read again)
IN HONOR OF AN AMAZING SOUL WHO SHOWED ME HOW TO STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT: KATHLYN LEW 1922-2011
