At the point that I began reading Settling Account: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove, I was well invested in the series. There were seven books to the series before this one. I […]
Book Review: Settling Accounts: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove – Tell Me Again, Who Does Mary Pomeroy Hate?
Star Trek: The Original Series – Spectre of the Gun – No Phasers at the O.K. Corral
Written by Gene L. Coon, Arthur H. Singer and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Vincent McEveety Ever feel like you just want to be left alone? I have those moments. It’s one of the […]
New York: The City and the Country – A Documentary Film by Ric Burns
Famed documentarian Ken Burns’ brother embraces the genre with this wonderful offering about the city I grew up just outside of; a place I will always consider my first home: New York. […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Is There In Truth No Beauty? – Beauty and the Beasts
Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste, Arthur H. Singer and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Ralph Senensky Back in the episode Friday’s Child, writer D.C. Fontana said her goal was to present a woman who […]
Book Review: The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder – Snow Has Never Been This Colorful!
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 […]
Movie Review: Silkwood – Yes, Let’s Build More “Nucular” Power Plants Part I
Written by Nora Ephron and Alice ArlenDirected by Mike Nichols I have heard arguments lately for fewer regulations on corporations – that they will do the “right thing” and the regulations are […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – And The Children Shall Lead – Garbage In, Garbage Out
Written by Edward J. Lasko, Arthur H. Singer, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marvin J. Chomsky It’s episodes like these that make me think canceling the original Star Trek series after just three […]
Book Review – Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn – Exploring Regency Romance
The second novel in this series about eight siblings in Regency London and their adventures as they try to find suitable spouses is remarkably like the first novel, The Duke and I. […]
Movie Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds – Not As Scary As I’d Been Led To Believe
Written by Daphne DuMaurier and Evan HunterDirected by Alfred Hitchcock For quite some time I’d been terrified of this film. All I knew from my parents was that it was hideously scary, […]
Book Review – Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon To Me by Neil Peart – Reflections on Rush and Neil Peart’s Legacy
In 2015, I heard that the progressive rock band Rush was going to be touring again. I’d been a fan of theirs for some time, but for some reason out of all […]
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