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. […]
New York: The City and the Country – A Documentary Film by Ric Burns
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 […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Paradise Syndrome – Paradise by the Obelisk Light
Written by Margaret Armen, Arthur H. Singer, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Jud Taylor I can remember a time when Star Trek reruns were on television every evening. That was the foundation for […]
Corona Virus Diaries: March 23, 2021 – A Time To Burst Forth
As we enter spring, and the first anniversary of everything being shut down, we are seeing 55 current cases of COVID in our county. The cumulative total since they began testing is […]
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