Other than my reading list, which I maintain throughout the year, I didn’t manage to get a blog post up wrapping up 2024. There are many reasons for that. I decided to […]
Reflections on 2024 and my 59th Year on the Planet
Book Review: Not Yours to Keep By Zelly Ruskin – Unpacking the Complexities of Adoption
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, She Writes Press, and author Zelly Ruskin for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased […]
Movie Review – Far From Ordinary: Robert Redford’s Directorial Debut Ordinary People
Written by Judith Guest, Alvin Sargent, and Nancy DowdDirected by Robert Redford Ordinary People won the Oscar for best picture in 1980. I was 14 at the time and about all I […]
Book Review: Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah – Life Is Complicated
Kristin Hannah is great at writing the tear-jerker. If you don’t want your emotional heartstrings pulled, she’s an author to avoid. However, if you enjoy that sort of fiction, there aren’t many […]
Movie Review: The Tenth Circle – The Hell Was Watching This
Written by Maria Nation and Jodi PicoultDirected by Peter Markle There have been a few movies made from the books of Jodi Picoult and I’m quickly coming to the conclusion that her […]
AITA? Yeah, Kinda, and Merry Christmas
I wasn’t going to write anything today, because it’s Christmas and all. But the presents are open, the desserts are chilling, and I have about an hour until we put the prime […]
Memories of Christmas Past, Part 1
This goes way back. I was adopted and raised as an only child. My parents were 39 & 40 when they “got” me. I don’t remember many of my early Christmases. Mostly […]
Where Have I Been?
I didn’t fall off of the face of the earth or get COVID. Way back in the early days of the internet, there used to be usenet newsgroups that people looked to […]
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