From Alison to Ben

 Alison did some fun firecrackers to go with the Lichtenstein stamp - I love the idea and might have to steal it. I was happy to hear that there is growing trend to use drones for fabulous light displays instead of fireworks. My son was in Boulder, CO for a Dead and Co concert over the 4th of July - and he reported that after the concert - a huge display started to happen in the sky - but it was not fireworks. Apparently - lots of people were unaware that drones were the new fireworks - so it took a while for everyone to figure out what was going on. I need to find out if there was any music to accompany the display. I'm very happy for all the pets who are terrorized on the 4th that we now have a substitute for fireworks.

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I'm going to mention another book - not recommending it - just mentioning it in case anyone was interested in The Best Minds - about the schizophrenic person. The author of that book wrote about meeting with an author of another book and how helpful it was for his project - so I checked out that eBook and read it. It's - The Center Cannot Hold - by Elyn R. Saks. She's very well known in some circles for managing to get the right kind of help for her schizophrenia - and again - I am not recommending this book unless this is a topic that is of great interest to you. In fact, I will issue a warning - that the way she wrote what was going through her head was somewhat unsettling - the repetitive words and the stream of consciousness. She did a good job of relaying the feelings of what was going on - and while it was interesting to get that glimpse - it was almost like she could give the reader a little taste of how disturbing it is to have unwelcome words coming into your head. Or maybe that was skillful writing - to transfer the feelings - and generate some understanding. It is miraculous that she survived - and fortunately she has devoted her life to promoting enlightenment for those who treat people with conditions like hers.