Climbing Lessons is an inter-linked collection of nonfiction stories about the unsung tenderness between fathers and sons. These playful, sometimes poignant tales span three generations, beginning in small-town Kansas with a kind but bumbling father who is a physician. His middle son, Tim, narrates as his accidentprone father shows the way. For instance, Tim describesContinue reading “Climbing Lessons – Synopsis”
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New book accepted for publication
Great news. Light Messages Publishing has just accepted my new collection of stories about the ever-changing and always-the-same bond between boys and dads. Titled Climbing Lessons
Ethiopia Receives President Obama at a Critical Juncture
This summer President Obama did something no standing U.S. president has done before–he went to Ethiopia. There’s a reason for his decision.
Arab Spring turns to Fall?
As we watch refugees pouring out of Libya on illegal boats (sometimes thrown off in the Mediterranean) or see tourists bombed in a Tunisian museum or read about the supposed Egyptian reformer President Morsi being sentenced to 20 years in jail for torture of protesters
Want to help Ethiopian kids read?
Ethiopia Reads, begun by award-winning children’s author Jane Kurtz, is building libraries in towns and villages all around Ethiopia.
Take a quick jazz tour of Ethiopia
In this remarkable video, you can get a quick feel for the unique jazz tradition in Ethiopia, which reached a peak in the early 1970’s just before the fall of Emperor Selassie.
Tim Bascom, Author 