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1. Mystery Lady of Plattsburgh
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By: Joe Sottile, on 12/3/2010
Blog: Joe Silly Sottile's Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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During the November book festival I was invited to perform poetry inPlattsburgh, travel expenses paid and a fee, but I hate driving, and RalphHunkins, my favorite undergraduate professor no longer lives there. To see him,it might have been worth the trip and then performing poetry all day for aschool district. My wife, Marilyn, said that I should have agreed to do it,even without me since she has back trouble.  When the teacher or administrator whispered inmy ear while selling books at the festival table, I didn’t realize that she hadseen my show in the Brighton Room. I am almost positive that she is the ladyclosest to the viewer in the next photo. (This was a very serious moment when Iwas reading about my car accident in Chicken Soup. We had serious moments andhumorous moments during my poetry show.)
Who knows,the Mystery Lady may contact me again. I hope so! I really enjoyedentertaining the group. Next time opportunity knocks again for travel, I willanswer the door. I’ve learned my lesson. My family thought I was nuts to say no. Like I said: I’ve learned my lesson.


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2. 2010 Rochester Children's Book Festival
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By: Joe Sottile, on 11/5/2010
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 Tomorrow on Saturday, I will be at..

the Rochester Children's Book Festival, along with 40 other authors and illustrators.
We will be reading, conducting workshops, and signing autographs from:
10 am - 4 pm
All events are free!!!

Monroe Community College
Brighton Campus
1000 East Henrietta Road

I hope that you drop by!

 

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3. Downtown Rochester, New York
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By: Joe Sottile, on 9/25/2010
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My wiferecently had a successful back operation at Highland Hospital in Rochester. Shestayed on the sixth floor. Doctors and staff were great. And something else wasgreat: the view from her window. You could see downtown Rochester, including Kodak and other important buildings. We actuallysaw a fantastic sunset over Rochester #12 School. I always feel a nostalgic when I see  an elementary school--that is, I wish that I was in it performing poetry.


I had no camera until the next day. So, I took this shot in the morning...




Not far from Mar's room there was a visitor's lounge where I took this photo through a smudged-caked window...




Home Sweet Home!
















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4. Great Truths Along the Road of Life from the Internet
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By: Joe Sottile, on 8/16/2010
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GREATTRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1)No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..
 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch thesecond person.
 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food..
 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
 10) The best placeto be when you're sad is Grandma's lap.

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GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVELEARNED:
 
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
 2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts
 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground...
 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not thetoy..

 GREAT TRUTHSABOUT GROWING OLD

 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional...
 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're downthere.
 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rockingchair that you once got from a roller coaster.
 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers

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5. Confession Is Good For The Blog
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By: Joe Sottile, on 8/5/2010
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Yes, good for the soul, and good for the blog—perhaps!I have nothing to confess personally about J.D. Salinger. I know he’s not doinga lot of writing right now, but I have been waiting for some new stories by him—storiesthat he agreed could be published after his death.  I wish the lawyers involved would get theiracts together. I am looking forward to those stories.

But I do want to take some time here to applaud Salingerfor what he did for me when I was 16-years-old. It changed my life.

I confess that I wasn’t always a book lover. Thebook that changed my life was Catcher inthe Rye. I couldn’t believe how authentic J. D. Salinger was as a writer.And I read Catcher at the perfect age, the same age as Holden. I wanted to be like Salingeras a writer, and never be a phony. He really turned me on to reading and writing.

Now that I enjoyed literature Ialso wanted to teach. I did happily teach for thirty-three years. And, now andthen, I actually dream at night about finding my class and teaching again. ThenI wake up sad in the morning with  noclass and no official teaching responsibilities.

Nevertheless, I try to get into classes and dopoetry performances as much as I can. But it’s challenging to work around theI-got-to-teach-for-the-test teachers. They need to realize that teaching about“Egypt” isn’t as important as making poetry connections and establishingrapport with kids that are hungry for words that shed life on their ownexistence on Planet Earth. 

At the end of my “Tribute” section on my Web site, Ihave a poem written by a former student, Jay Perrin, that is priceless. What asuperb gift from a student on the last day of school! You will find the poem byfollowing this site…

http://www.consideration.org/sottile/for-teachers/tribute.html

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