Fraidy Holes, Tornadoes and Other Heroic Traditions
This is prime season for thunderstorms and tornadoes, for most of the central and southern, and parts of the eastern, United States. We go through it every spring. It’s unnerving to see nature unleashed, bearing…
Mystery, History and Love: You’ll Find Them in the Details
My grandmother, Laura, died in 1997 and yet, she remains clear in my mind. From decades earlier, I feel her cool hands on my feverish forehead. When I was four years old and abruptly relieved…
A Quiet Revolution
Quiet, the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. Broadway Paperbacks, New York ©2012, 2013 by Susan Cain. “I have seen firsthand how difficult it is for introverts to…
Inside and Outside the Box
Despite rumors to the contrary, this writer has not been captured in or sealed in a box. Rather, I’m recuperating after a beneficial surgery. Before I raise further alarm (or indifference, which I fear more)…
Who Doesn’t Like to Read?
Sometimes being an avid reader begins or ends in childhood…(click post title for video).
The Darkwater Liar’s Account as The Next Big Thing
Thanks to Kourtney Heintz for nominating me for The Next Big Thing blog award. She has inspired me to keep standing up when rejections smack me down. Thanks, Coach. I look forward to reading some…
History, Courage & Learning to Remember
In college, I was no history buff. Dr. Lynwood Oyos’ legendary Western Civilization class at Augustana College nearly sank me in terms of my grade point average. He was a brilliant and personable professor who…
Back in the Game, by Charles Holdefer: a Reader’s Review
Stanley Mercer might be called an accidental teacher. After fourteen years of pursuing his youthful dream of professional baseball through the U.S., Mexico and France, he returns to America, without success or his girlfriend, Delphine….
Children, Mirrors and Mothers on Other Days: a Meditation
As a mother, I’ve now spent more than thirty years considering and observing my children. From the time I first held them, I’ve pondered their selfhood and their destinies, neither of which have I predicted…
The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.
This review is based on a pre-release reading of the uncorrected, “galley” proof provided to me by goodreads. Novel Release Date: June 5, 2012. I just finished an early taste of summer vacation, with a…
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