It’s a blustery, cold day in north-central New Hampshire. I woke up this morning to the wind howling and a temperature below zero. Even right now it’s only 21°F with a “feels […]
Corona Virus Diaries: March 16, 2020
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery by Ken Burns
I can’t remember exactly how much time was actually covered in history class about the journey of Lewis and Clark to explore the land purchased from Napoleon and France by President Thomas […]
Book Review: By The Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder – Glorious Prairie in Full Color!
When I was about nine, a friend of the family gave me my first Little House book. I was immediately captivated by the stories within and read them over and over through […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Bread and Circuses – Rome If You Want To
Written by Gene L. Coon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Ralph Senensky I get that budgets were an issue back in the 1960s for television programs. For that reason, and the fact that […]
Sharpe’s Waterloo – A Satisfying Conclusion to a Great Series
Written by Charles Wood and Bernard CornwellDirected by Tom Clegg March 1815 – Napoleon escapes from Elba and returns to France to plunge Europe into war once again. Facing Napoleon is an […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Ultimate Computer – Rise of the Machines
Written by Laurence N. Wolfe, D.C. Fontana, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by John Meredyth Lucas Over the years there have been many cautionary tales about letting computers run our lives too much. From […]
Book Review: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Reading this novel in the shadow of what the last year has been like, there’s a sense of deja-vu. Granted, the last year hasn’t quite been the caliber of The Great Depression, […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Omega Glory – What The Hell?
Written by Gene RoddenberryDirected by Vincent McEveety Being a science-fiction fan requires some suspension of disbelief. I’m okay with believing that somehow technology in the future overcomes the issue of no gravity […]
Movie Review: The Natural – Every Man Has a Weakness
Written by Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry, and Bernard MalamudDirected by Barry Levinson Ah yes, it’s that time of year when hope springs eternal: spring training. What better way to get myself motivated […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – By Any Other Name – Don’t Pick Up Space Hitch-Hikers
Written by D.C. Fontana, Jerome Bixby, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels Although better than the previous episode, we still are in the midst of a series of lackluster episodes of the […]
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