A MOST PECULIAR BOOKBOOK REVIEW As a child, when I thought about the origins of the Bible, I pictured an old, white-robed, balding guy sitting at a long wooden table with scrolls piled up around him. He is surrounded by fluffy clouds and a few helpful cherubs. His look is pensive. His quill pen is […]
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THE WILDSTV SERIES REVIEW THE WILDS is an eleven-episode Amazon Prime Video TV series about a group of young women who are stranded on an island after an apparent plane crash. I’ll have to admit, I enjoyed watching the show. However, if you’re not into YA, dystopian, survival genre, you may not be interested. Also, don’t
TED LASSOSERIES REVIEW TED LASSO is an Apple TV show about an American football coach who is hired to coach a professional British soccer team. When I heard the premise, my eyes glazed over. However, after several friends told me I’d love the comedy, I watched an episode, after which I viewed the remaining nine
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CONTEMPT Photo Courtesy of Marcus Voetter These past four years the daily news has made my blood boil and my blood pressure rise. One way I’ve maintained my sanity is to watch YouTube clips of Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee. These talented folks helped me to cry less and laugh more. They do
THE CONCEPT OF SKEEVY Photo Courtesy of Nathan Dumlao 0:00 / 0:00 Skeevy As far as I know, all of my maternal Italian American ancestors survived the pandemic of 1918. My theory is that they beat the Spanish flu because they governed their lives by the hygienic principles of skeevy. The word skeevy is Italian
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LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID Photo Courtesy of Youseff Naddam 0:00 / 0:00 Love in the Time of Covid On a recent morning, I awoke at five to the sound of our basement door closing two floors below. In order to keep me safer, my husband is now living down there in a little
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HALFBOOK REVIEW I read Sharon Harrigan’s novel, HALF, in two sittings. It was that good. HALF is a story about identical twins named Artis and Paula, named for Zeus’s twins, Artemis and Apollo. They live with a father who is a monster and a mother who enables him. Told in the first-person plural, Harrigan credibly
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THE SIX NEEDS OF EVERY CHILDINTERVIEW My friends, Amy and Jeffrey Olrick have just come out with a new book called, The 6 Needs of Every Child. I wish I could have read it while I was raising children. Here is an interview with the Olricks: This is a hard time for families. You’ve
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GRAVITY Photo Courtesy of Across the Margin A literary journal called Across the Margin just published my short story, Gravity. You can read it down below. However, the journal is so interesting and the graphics are so cool, I suggest you take a look at it online. *** Marilyn’s last sight before dropping dead on the steaming
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EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN Everyone Brave is Forgivenis a book you should read if you would like to nourish your brain. Just about every sentence is deliciously well written. The novel is set in London and Malta during World War II and addresses the themes of class, race, and the morality of war. Eighteen-year-old Mary,
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