Book Reviews
Punctuation in Texts
My children tell me I’m rude, but they’ll forgive me because I’m old. I’m rude, they say because I insist on punctuation in texts. I agree I’m rude, but I…
Book Review — Firefly
Firefly is a small book of poems by Ellen Austin-Li that I assume is autobiographical, though it may be entirely fictional. The fact that I cannot tell is a testament…
Fine China
My Dad is just now winding up what he is calling his Farewell Tour. “Yeah, yeah.” said my son. “Cher had five of those.” He is making an up and…
Book Review — Departure
Departure, by Joseph Reid, the third book in the Seth Walker series, is a non-stop thrill ride. That sounds like a cliché, I know. I wracked my brains to come…
Day of Silence
“Think before you speak.” Is there anyone – anyone? – who will doubt the wisdom of this old saw? I’m going to go with “no.” I mean, “speak before you…
An Ode to Admins During Coronapocalypse
I’m more fortunate than a lot of people, I suppose, in that during coronapocalypse my industry, the law, has been considered an essential one and we never really shut down. …
My Jubilee Year
I happen to have been born in a Jubilee Year. A Jubilee Year is a biblical thing, specifically Leviticus 25:8-13, and although it is a fairly complicated concept, it can…
Book Review — The Murder of Sara Barton
“The Murder of Sara Barton” by Lance McMillian is a courtroom drama told from the perspective of a prosecutor who has a personal motive for wanting to see murderers get…
Snake in the Grass
It was during regular business hours and I was on the phone with someone of some rank, even though it was someone I knew well, and we were discussing Important…
The Power of Shoes
If you were to run into me on the street, or in the grocery store, or any of the places it is possible to run into me when we are…
