Flowers For Socrates

To this point, all authors have been required to use their real names in their byline. Going forward and as we add regular feature writers, they will have the same option as Guest Bloggers to use either their real name or a nom de plume at their discretion. Columnists will still be using their real names as bylines. This is a small change, but we wanted our readers to be aware of it.

Thank you for bearing with and supporting FFS as we transform and grow.

Gene Howington, Editor-in-Chief, Flowers for Socrates

FFS is pleased to announce the addition of a new weekly feature author to our roster. Nona Blyth Cloud will be writing “Word Cloud”, appearing every Friday. In it she will cover topics ranging from Poetry, Theater, and Books to the Transcendentalists.

Nona Blyth Cloud has lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for the past 45 years, spending much of that time commuting on the 405 Freeway. After Hollywood failed to appreciate her genius for acting and directing, she began a second career managing non-profits, from which she retired last year.

Nona has now resumed writing whatever comes into her head, instead of reports and pleas for funding. She lives in a small house overrun by books with her wonderful husband and a bewildered Border Collie. You can also find Nona Cloud at DailyKos where she is one of the hosts of their popular “Morning Open Thread” feature.

Look for her work to start appearing this Friday on FFS. She is the first of many changes and fine additions to come!

There have been some obvious and some not so obvious changes going on here at FFS. First, we’ll address the rumor mill. Second, we’ll address what to expect in the future.

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