Gettysburg Address in 2020
Yesterday, I read the Gettysburg Address to myself here at home in the middle of 2020. Some days I...
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First Love by Ivan Turgenev
The Russian novella First Love, by Ivan Turgenev I enjoyed reading the Russian novella, First Love...
Read MoreThe New York Pitch Conference–One Week Later
The New York Pitch Conference–One Week Later Last Tuesday, a week ago today, I said farewell to my mother, (she joined me in NYC for what became I think, the trip of her life) boarded a SWA flight home and came back...
Read MoreNew York Pitch Conference–Fall 2019
New York Pitch Conference–Fall 2019 From Sept 19-22, last Thursday to Sunday now, I took part in the New York Pitch Conference, the creation of mastermind Michael Neff. As luck would have it, too, I found myself in Group...
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” Video’s 13s and 7s
Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” Video’s 13s and 7s Monday morning. It’s release day of Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” video with her in it and it is loaded with...
Read MoreFleabag Season 2–Phoebe Waller-Bridge At Her Best
Fleabag Season 2–Phoebe Waller-Bridge At Her Best May 17, 3 p.m. in the afternoon and I’ve already devoured the six-episode season 2 of Fleabag on Amazon Prime and am in awe of the work of Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a...
Read MoreI Want to Dump Twitter and Facebook, But Can’t
I Want to Dump Twitter and Facebook, But Can’t As a conservative minded person, I have about reached the end of my patience with the necessity and value of social media, in particular Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram....
Read MoreThe Book of Dust
I read Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage: last week and was told going in that there were things about the book that are not as good as his previous trilogy, but I’d seen a recommendation for this...
Read MoreCrime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment Reading Dostoevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment last week has drained me. I didn’t realize it was taking so much out of me until, well, until I finished it and started trying to read...
Read MoreReaching My Goal — 101 Fiction Novels
Heather Sellers’ 2007 writers’ guide Chapter After Chapter prods anyone interested in becoming a better writer to read 101 Fiction Novels. In December 2016, I set out to do just that, having suffered an injury that...
Read MoreThanksgiving 2018
Thanksgiving 2018 My how the year has flown. Preparations are underway for Thanksgiving 2018. The Christmas decorations are already in place–three trees inside this year–four if you count the Charlie Brown...
Read MoreWhen Life Gives You Lululemons
When Life Gives You Lululemons It was something out of character for me to read Lauren Weisberger’s When Life Gives You Lululemons, almost like picking up Cosmopolitan magazine I would think and reading it cover to cover....
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