Author Archives: J. F. Booth

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About J. F. Booth

I am a writer and educator.

Recent articles I’ve had published in What’s Up? Magazine.

Here are two recent articles I’ve written on topics important to me, and to most of us, mental health and addiction.   http://www.whatsupmag.com/2017/05/10/141793/the-great-divide-what-do-we-need-to-keep-in-mind-when-faced-with-a-mental-health-situation-  http://www.whatsupmag.com/2017/06/07/146065/our-state-of-recovery-staunching-the-lethal-tide-of-addiction-in-maryland-and-the-united-states   

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Background: Oldies, but goodies.

Forgive my lack of modesty, but I was gathering web links of my past articles for another purpose, and I thought it might be interesting to put these past article links on my blog. (The list is not exhaustive.  I … Continue reading

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Sweet 16!

Okay!  Sound the trumpets.  I’m delighted to announce the arrival of Opal and Oscar, senior resident ospreys at the US Naval Academy for what will be 16 years. Based on the birds’ schedule in years past, I’d been watching anxiously … Continue reading

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Observations on Gail Hallow Watkins’s Current Exhibit

Recently, I completed an essay on the multi-media works by Gail Hillow Watkins on exhibition now at the Maryland Hall for Creative Arts in Annapolis. This is the second article I’ve written on Watkins’s work. https://www.marylandhall.org/news/2017/04/05/reflections-stratanew-work-gail-watkins

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Summer’s end: Pearl & Pablo have headed south

October is upon us with rustling leaves and vees of geese, calling as they pass overhead.   Our dear ospreys too have taken flight.  Oscar and Opal left in mid-September, accompanied by their two well-fledged offspring. But not before one … Continue reading

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