The underlying theme of ‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers is that we are working on our own destruction when we go on a hell-bent spree of destruction of our trees.…Continue readingThe Word for Love is ‘Tree’, Part 2
PART I I’d first noticed the buzz around the ‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers when it reached best seller status, but I rarely pay attention to that. My tastes are…Continue readingThe Word for Love is ‘Tree’
This past Christmas two specific books found their way onto the pile: The first was a (signed no less) hardcover edition of the latest Longmire book by Craig Johnson, ‘Depth…Continue readingWhen good authors go awry
Anybody else watching “Victoria” on PBS? Anyone else getting royally ticked off at it? Okay, let’s start at the beginning. It’s lush. It’s glorious. And I KNOW what they…Continue readingWe are less and less amused
A movie that no writer should see alone Really. REALLY. Trust me on this. particularly since this film, ‘Can you ever forgive me?’, is based on a ‘True story’ – and…Continue readingA writer’s nightmare
I went to see “Shape of Water” when it was on cinema release last December and when I came home I wrote an essay/review on it which has become the…Continue reading“For you are everywhere…” Still
Journey into the heart of hate Before I went to see it with a friend, I knew almost nothing about Spike Lee’s latest movie “BlacKKKlansman” other than it was based…Continue readingBlacKkKlansman
I’ve been on a re-reading kick recently My latest re-reads have been books by Mary Doria Russell. I just wrote up my impressions of “The Sparrow” and “Children of God”…Continue readingWhat makes a book a keeper?
I was on an airplane when I first tripped over the movie “Mamma Mia” a few years ago. I must have startled (and probably scared) my fellow passenger by basically…Continue readingWhen we were young again
Taking her with me into the shadows of my dreams While I was updating my Le Guin collection with the Hainish books I lacked, in preparation for my Big Re-Read…Continue readingRe-reading Ursula