PODCAST-SASS-WALKING IN THE FACE OF TOMFOOLERY Photo courtesy of Benjamin Wedemeyer. 0:00 / 0:00 Sass-Walking in the Face of Tomfoolery Have you ever watched the Steve Martin movie, Roxanne? There’s a scene where Martin’s character, a fire chief, ambles by an old-fashioned metal box dispenser of newspapers. He deposits a coin, pulls out a paper,
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PODCAST-VERA, OR FAITH-BOOK REVIEW PODCAST: VERA, OR FAITH—BOOK REVIEW Gary Shteyngart’s book, Vera, or Faith, is a masterpiece. Last Friday night, I chose finishing the book rather than going to a dance with friends. If you know me at all, this is high praise. The slender 241-page novel is about a precocious ten-year-old
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PODCAST-DARK MATTER TV SERIES I attended seventh grade at Nathan Hale, a junior high school in a small industrial city. Much of the “educational” energy expended in the school involved teachers breaking up fights. Most of my personal energy was expended by running home from school every day to avoid getting beaten up. I wasn’t
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PODCAST-THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT-A MOVIE REVIEW Add Text Here…. 0:00 / 0:00 The Brand New Testament The Belgian film, The Brand New Testament, puts the “Q” in quirky. I love dark humor and unconventional films, but my husband, Bruce, does not. However, by the movie’s end, we agreed that this movie was a wild ride
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PODCAST-STERLING POINT-TV SERIES If you watch a trailer for the eight-episode series, Sterling Park, you might be tempted to dismiss it as a Disney-like teen show, but you would be wrong. Yes, there are a few “Disney” moments but on the whole director, Megan Park, delivers a tale well told, addressing important issues with nuance
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PODCAST-EUPHORIA, MONTANA, & THE PROFESSOR & THE HOUSEKEEPER Are you looking for a book to read? Check out my mini reviews. Euphoria by Lily King: This work of historical fiction is loosely based on the life of anthropologist, Margaret Mead. The novel is set in 1930’s New Guinea, when anthropology was a nascent
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PODCAST-WIDOW’S BAY-TV SERIES I did not have helicopter parents. My first exposure to horror films was watching The Haunting at age ten with my father. Dear Dad, always the jokester, jump scared me at a tense moment of the movie, an event that shaved a decade off my life. Years later, in college, I stupidly
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PODCAST-WELCOME-A BOOK REVIEW Welcome—Patterns of the Moral Life is an elegant, succinct, and persuasive book on the importance of welcoming others. This is both a well-written argument for the necessity of welcoming others and a practical guide to extending welcome in ways that are ethical and nurturing. The book is co-authored by Lois Shepherd
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PODCAST-NICK & MIKE, NICK & ALICE MOVIE REVIEW I loved James Marsden’s performance in the TV series Dead to Me. He did an excellent job playing identical twins who had completely different personalities. The series was dark and wickedly funny. It’s worth checking out, if you don’t mind quirky and sometimes shocking material. I also
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PODCAST-DECONSTRUCTING UNICORNS & MERMAIDS Photo Courtesy of Alexander Grey 0:00 / 0:00 Deconstructing Unicorns & Mermaids Streetlight Magazine just published this essay. You can read it HERE. Longer version below: My four-year-old granddaughter, Zoe, and her seven-year-old brother, Henry, (names changed) live out-of-state. We often meet via Zoom. We share a screen and explore their
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