“I was not your typical kid, and my parents were not your typical parents, and the combination of our unique quirks and habits was extremely toxic and unsettling,” writes Dawn Lerman in her wonderful book,…
Rain prickles softly on a frosted conservatory roof, underpinning the murmur and laughter of friends. In a book lined room, already bursting with words, there is still space for more… life stories and poetry, theology…
Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would” -Macbeth I.vii.48 Lady Macbeth wrangled with Macbeth during dinnerAt cross purposes outside the banqueting hallA privy conference as to who was the worse sinnerShe thought him weak; he,…
“Perhaps my very thinking’s out of step.” - Hugh Lofting This month is the 100th anniversary of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Doolittle yarns, which I have never read. When it comes to talking animals, I prefer Donald…
Peter entered the stateroom stone-faced, speaking without preamble, “Titanic is going down.” “What?” Susan and Edmund jumped to their feet. “The fools hit an iceberg.” the High King’s tone was edged with anger, “They had…
I know that many people find Hallmark movies to be cheesy, or low budget, but I have to admit that when it comes to Christmas movies, I really enjoy these types of films. Okay, so…
Falling Inn Love (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Inn_Love) This charming little film was quite a nice surprise for me, and I actually enjoyed it a lot more that I thought I would. Full of funny and quirky characters, and…
Beautiful Creatures (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559547/) is a fantasy movie based in a small Southern American town called Gatlin. It follows the lives of a girl and a boy as their two totally different worlds collide. This film…
While isolated in my rural estate here along Beer Can Road and County Dump Extension, I have been dragging hoses, reading Robert Frost, saying bad things about the ‘possums pillaging my vegetable garden, and considering…
Why are there now so many books of lists of ten things we must do before we die? Why not nine, or eleven? And why should pay someone for a list of experiences he says…
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