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Book Review: Death in the Strike Zone by Thomas W. Gilbert – The Forgotten Hero Who Changed Baseball

By Patti Aliventi on October 29, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Series Rewatch – The West Wing: Celestial Navigation – Political Chaos, Moral Compromise, and the Search for Direction

By Patti Aliventi on October 28, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Audiobook Review: Vigil by George Saunders – A Unique Blend of Humor and Philosophy in Audiobook Form

By Patti Aliventi on October 27, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Series Rewatch – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Hub – Coulson Stands Up for His Team

By Patti Aliventi on October 26, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Book Review – Bastards: Illegitimacy: Architecture of Power by Caterina Mondragon – Born Outside the Rules

By Patti Aliventi on October 25, 2026 • ( 3 Comments )

Book Review: The Boleyn Curse by Alexandra Walsh – Uncovering the Secrets of the Past

By Patti Aliventi on October 24, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

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Movie Review: Roxanne – Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah in a Romantic Comedy

By Patti Aliventi on April 8, 2023 • ( 7 Comments )

Written by Edmond Rostand and Steve MartinDirected by Fred Schepisi Earlier in his career, Steve Martin had what seemed to be a magic touch. He had a series of successful films with […]

After Three Weeks, Some Reflections on Camping

By Patti Aliventi on April 7, 2023 • ( 11 Comments )

I have kind of died off with the daily updates. We are currently in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the next two nights. Yesterday was a very long drive. We left Navarre […]

Defining Yourself – How Do You Define Yourself for the Masses?

By Patti Aliventi on April 5, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

In the early days of the internet, the first BBS’s I joined we had numeric identities. Later on, Compuserve had the same model. That was my first real foray into to online […]

Book Review: We Spread by Iain Reid – Getting Old is not for the Feint of Heart

By Patti Aliventi on April 4, 2023 • ( 9 Comments )

note: I received this as an advanced reader copy. This is my unbiased review. My grandmother lived to the ripe old age of 95. The last two years of her life, however, […]

2023 Spring Camping Trip: Days 14, 15, & 16 – Wasting Away Again

By Patti Aliventi on April 2, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

After five nights in Killeen, we were turning to head back east. When I was planning, I started looking at what was between Killeen and Destin, Florida where the main office for […]

2023 Spring Camping Trip: Day Thirteen

By Patti Aliventi on April 2, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

On Thursday, my daughter-in-law Janet took the day off and we all trekked down to Georgetown, Texas to visit Inner Space Caverns. She hadn’t bee there yet, and as a kid, I […]

2023 Spring Camping Trip: Day Twelve -Geocaching is Better with Friends

By Patti Aliventi on March 29, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

About two years back I came to Killeen to see my new grandbaby, and I contacted another blogger I’d been reading, hoping to meet up. Marcellus writes the blog Geocaching While Black. […]

2023 Spring Camping Trip: Days Nine, Ten, and Eleven

By Patti Aliventi on March 29, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

I knew at some point I wouldn’t manage to keep up the daily writing and this was where it fell apart. We left Hot Springs and our destination was Killeen, Texas where […]

2023 Spring Camping Trip: Day Eight

By Patti Aliventi on March 25, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

When in Hot Springs, you want to soak in the Baths, right? The history of the area was that back in the day people thought there was a health benefit to soaking […]

2023 Spring Camping Trip: Day Seven – There’s a Storm Front Coming

By Patti Aliventi on March 24, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Today was another relatively short travel day. We were only driving about 3 hours west of the KOA in West Memphis, Arkansas to Hot Springs, Arkansas. However, we had to time it […]

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