Remembering Jerry: The Gift of Time

It’s been four years since – sadly – Gerald M. “Jerry” Weinberg passed away. Ever since then, I struggled with some public mourning about him, until recently I had just the right idea. On a weekly basis, I will publish a review of a book I read that Jerry either wrote himself or is about some of his work. One of the final physical books I recall reading is about Jerry’s work, not written by him, but by his students: The Gift of Time, edited by Fiona Charles with contributions from James Bach, Michael Bolton, Esther Derby, Naomi Karten, Tim Lister, Johanna Rothman, Dani Weinberg, his wife, and more. My copy of the book is copyrighted in 2008 and published by Dorset House.

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Remembering Jerry: Amplifying your Effectiveness

It’s been four years since – sadly – Gerald M. “Jerry” Weinberg passed away. Ever since then, I struggled with some public mourning about him, until recently I had just the right idea. On a weekly basis, I will publish a review of a book I read that Jerry either wrote himself or is about some of his work. For today, I picked Amplifying your Effectiveness, edited by Jerry, James Bach, and Naomi Karten. It contains collected essays from authors attending the AYE conference format that Jerry co-organized for a couple of decades. My copy of the book is copyrighted in 2000 and published by Dorset House.

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Remembering Jerry Weinberg: Weinberg on Writing – The Fieldstone Method

It’s been four years since – sadly – Gerald M. “Jerry” Weinberg passed away. Ever since then, I struggled with some public mourning about him, until recently I had just the right idea. On a weekly basis, I will publish a review of a book I read that Jerry either wrote himself or is about some of his work. With not so many books from Jerry left on my shelf, I picked Weinberg on Writing – The Fieldstone Method, published by Dorset House in 2006.

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Some housekeeping

Today has been the last day of work for me in 2022. I will be on vacation for the next couple of weeks. That said, I will cut back my publishing pace a bit. I intend to post a weekly review of Jerry’s books for a while, but can’t promise to write much more in between.

That might change in 2023 – or I might be back on a regular hiatus. As with all my writings, I try to keep my writing as an exercise for me, to get my thoughts straight, train the muscle to take something away from a day of work that I want to write about every day at work, and reflect on the things I perceive during the work day. I just took you along for the ride for the past few months.

I hope you will occasionally check back for new content, and maybe during brighter days, there will be an opportunity to meet in person in the future. Thanks for reading along all my thought-sorting here. I hope I can keep my writing going, but doubt I want to continue this particular kind of pace from the past months.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a Happy New Year.