Women’s issues

BOOK REVIEW: Supreme Courtship

  Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley All the best satire is just a little bit too true. I read Supreme Courtship years ago. Now that Justice Antonin Scalia has died unexpectedly and,…

Nap Time for Grownups

A friend of mine who knows me rather well sent me a link to a product called the Ostrich Pillow. Seriously: look at this: Studio Banana Things The Original Authentic Ostrich…

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: New York Night

New York Night: The 7th Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller New York Night by Stephen Leather is a detective story, of sorts. Jack Nightingale is on loan from England to investigate…

Grilled Cheese and Snuggles

The other day, my daughter was sad for reasons only truly understood by another 12 year old girl.  It was a Saturday, one of the few days in which I…

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The Forging of a Knight

Forging of a Knight: The Stolen Thief Forging of a Knight: The Stolen Thief, by Hugo V. Negron, is the fourth in the Forging of a Knight series, and the…

My Funeral

    Right about the time I graduated from college, my friends started getting engaged.  It got to the point where every week there was either an engagement, a shower,…

BOOK REVIEW: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is, as I type this, being made into a movie by…

Small Talk

My Dad, who, left to his own devices, which he never is, would go days without speaking, and who has never once in his life engaged in small talk, will…

BOOK REVIEW: Go Set a Watchman

  Go Set a Watchman: A Novel So, after much consideration, I decided to read Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman.” I had a little bit of a moral conundrum…

The Latest Trend in . . . Armpit Hair?

Since we all know how hip and happening I am, as evidenced by the fact that all the cool kids refer to themselves as ‘hip’ and ‘happening,’ I would like…

BOOK REVIEW: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saenz (do not ask me how to pronounce his…

Afternoon Football Fan

I had the opportunity to go to the Chik-Fil-A/Peach Bowl last week.  A friend of mine got tickets from a friend of hers, who got them from her husband, who…