2005[#57].2.26=6:4703.1.18[#18/60]: Mei&Lung Problem. 1)Linux & Redux. 2)James Baldwin 80.

Cloudy comfort: Got to sofa near noon as usual at o.h. for diary/2 calender books/mails, but started to note important events on monthly page at the start of diary (as dad did on calendars, very helpful). Came home, lunch. Emails > topics / tv, Mei asked me about what I was doing with computer (discovered my blog on her yesterday?), Mei fixed Lung's room?, after long, long time of no similar incidence, Lung got very excited with scream about out-of-place documents for important education test(?) and trashing back just for a short time. P. tel evening still wanting to rent and definitely refused by Mei, now 7:06pm already. Going o.h. soon, 7:17pm. O.h. for "Winter sonata", to bed 12:10. 1) "LinuxWorld and the Nonprofit World (Redux)", by Deborah at 02:50PM (EST) on February 25, 2005: http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2005/2/25/375922.html 2) James Baldwin, 80 years old: (1) "The fire last time: A Reconsideration of the Career of James Baldwin", Henry Louis Gates: Excerpts from "New Republic", June 1, 1992, Vol. 206, Issue 22, p. 37, 6 pages: http://www.nathanielturner.com/firelasttime.htm "" Visiting James Baldwin in Europe In 1973 I was 22 years old, an eager young black American journalist doing a story for Time, visiting Baldwin at his home just outside the tiny, ancient walled village of St. Paul de Vence, nestled in the alpine foothills that rise from the Mediterranean Sea. The air carried the smells of wild thyme and pine and centuries-old olive trees. The light of the region, prized by painters and vacationers, at once intensifies and subdues the colors, so that the terra-cotta tile roofs of the buildings are by turns rosy pink, rust brown, or deep red. Baldwin's house was situated among shoulder-high rosemary hedges, grape arbors, acres of peach and almond orchards, and fields of wild asparagus and strawberries; "" (2) "On Saturday, February 26 at 5:45 pm: "Native Sons: A Friendship that Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century: Notes of a Native Son", Sol Stein Watch "" Description: Sol Stein is an author playwright, and editor. His discusses his book "Native Sons:" "" (3) "Native Sons : A Friendship that Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century: Notesof a Native Son", by JAMES BALDWIN, SOL STEIN, Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345469356/qid=1109459337/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/002-6153086-1048049 "" Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Legendary writer/editor/publisher Stein (The Magician; How to Grow a Novel) gives readers a backstage pass to the production of Baldwin’s landmark essay collection Notes of A Native Son in this compilation of letters and memories. ""