Beth L Barnett

I am a native mid-westerner but graduated of Mills College in Oakland CA, Am an x-ray technologist and have sold major x-ray equipment internationally. Now write novels and blog for fun. Member of Kansas City Writers Group and KC Ebooks. Love all kinds of movies, dining out, cooking in, reading, certain causes (environmental, animals and women), politics, bridge, friends, and family.

Pinky Says: Orbit Sculpture

Published September 28, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

What swirls and twirls and is red all over? It is the new Orbit sculpture designed by Anish Kapoor for the London Olympics. Kapoor is the creator of the BEAN for the city of Chicago and is a celebrated artist… Continue reading →

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Salt

Published September 22, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

Here’s the scoop on salt. It is essential to the human body but too much can kill you. As a matter of fact, in ancient China, the nobility committed suicide by eating too much.

Modern dieticians say you… Continue reading →

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Ghettoized in America

Published September 14, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

Native Americans already lived on this continent when the white man arrived. Even though the Indians had their own cultures and ways of life, our government methodically killed or confined many of them to reservations where today they live in… Continue reading →

Keystone XL Pipeline

Published September 7, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

I can almost hear you saying, “Oh, no. Not again,” but did you hear Governor Romney say in his speech at the Republican Convention that if elected president, he would immediately okay the Keystone XL pipeline because it would provide… Continue reading →

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Pinky Says: REMEMBERING ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Published August 31, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

There is a major Roy Lichtenstein retrospective on right now at the Chicago Art Institute. Yes it is the same artist whose work just commanded $44,000,000 at auction. But forgive me if I think back fondly to the early 1970s… Continue reading →

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