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Norman Elliott Anderson

At Katahdin in October of 2003

I am a writer, scholar, book collector, and librarian living in the coastal and rural New England town of Rowley, Massachusetts, which is situated north of Boston and Cape Ann.

Here are some photos and a painting:

Vignettes: a tour of the outdoors at the Anderson home, as well as of some other haunts.
A photo of me and my boys taken by Nancy Anderson in Boston, Massachusetts. The boys are both grown now.
An oil painting of me by an artist friend. Click on the picture for an enlargement.

Here is some general stuff about me:

A brief bio, hopefully enough so that you know you've found me.
A profile page, for those who want to know where I'm coming from when they chat with me (includes pictures). The religion and spirituality portion has now been separated out.
My book collecting interests and portions of my library catalog.
An adventure involving roughtail stingrays (includes pictures).

Here are some examples of my creative work:

A sample of my totally amateur artwork, a portrait of Martin Luther.
Another sketch (circa 1967), this one of a tall ship, which I called the Hood.
A color pencil drawing (circa 1967) of the Elfin Princess from The Chronicles of Ilithia.
A sampling of some of my poems.
A sampling of books I have bound or rebound.

Here are some contributions regarding politics and current affairs:

A mission statement for government.
An example of my quiet political activism, a proposal for a constitutional amendment on disaster relief.
An opinion piece on confession, toleration, rights, and social decay.
An opinion piece on the death penalty.
An opinion piece on Bush's Iraq. (NEW as of August 4, 2005)
For more, see the archives of Norm's opinion pieces on current affairs.

Here is some academic stuff on ethics:

A report on my work in the theory of sexuality and marriage. (For related documents, see menu.)
A position paper on whether human life begins at conception.
An essay on the Holocaust and morality.

Here is some professional stuff related to libraries, management, and information science:

My curriculum vitae, together with a description of my job accomplishments and a list of some of my writings.
An essay from a book I am writing on computers in higher education. This essay asks, does the physical library have a future? The answer is yes.
Another essay from the same book. This essay is entitled Net Sense for Academia.
An essay for teachers about quality on the Internet.
A piece that crosses the boundaries between professionalism and religion, entitled A Little Essay on Faith Management.

Here is a sample of some of the many bibliographies and guides I have compiled:

A bibliography on spiritual commonplacing.
Norm's reference helps.

Here are some examples of creative work of a spiritual and theological nature:

From a statement of beliefs, an extract called, This Is Not God.
A sampling of philosophical fiction, this one a dialog between God and Satan.
A sampling from my thought journals, on the theme of prayer.
A gospel experiment, the length of a small book, called The Text of Fire.
A still ongoing discussion, Interpreting Luke 1:37: AV versus RV.
A commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, with an excursus on the angels of 11:10.
I should mention too a small service I've started, the Religious Leader's Issue Advisor, which entails some creative thought.

If spiritual stuff puts you off, please read this disclaimer.

For links in some of my areas of interest, click here.

AOL Instant Messenger screen name: nea1029

Yahoo Instant Messenger name: hikeswithastick

ICQ number: 37310204

E-mail: walkswithastick@comcast.net

Note well: By implicit contract, any person or entity who uses my e-mail or other address as given at this site (including relative links) for commercial purposes without invitation from me owes me $1000 for each use, and any person or entity who sells my e-mail address to be used for marketing purposes owes me $12,500 for each instance. Uninvited commercial e-mail is not welcome.

Posted, October 15, 1995, by NEA; new url, January 26, 2004; last modified, September 10, 2007, by NEA

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