Patrick DeWitt: Fitting Name
As we near completion of The Sisters Brothers, I most admire author, Patrick DeWitt, for his, well...
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Who reads Westerns? We do!
Okay, I'll admit it. When Laurie selected the Sisters Brothers for her book choice, I was intrigued by the title but turned off by the fact it's a western. Not a huge fan of the genre, I was a bit of a reluctant reader in...
Sheherazade and Marianne Engel
A fascinating aspect of Andrew Davidson's book, The Gargoyle, was the manner in which Marianne Engel keeps the burned man alive and ultimately makes him fall in love with her through the retelling of their love story, along with other forever-lovers' tales, in Sheherazade style. In...
Not Crazy to Eat Nuts While Pregnant
Danish researchers have discovered it may not be crazy for pregnant women to eat nuts...
Sensual & Spiritual: Andrew Davidson’s Gargoyles
I'm not sure why Andrew Davidson is fascinated with gargoyles. Perhaps that answer can be found in the many interviews published online or in his u-tube promos of his 2009 book, but until I'm ready to explore those avenues of answers (I don't want to...
Kudos to My Creative Friends
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin I feel very fortunate to share many wonderful friendships with many different women....
100 & counting…
Stats Can tells us the coming years will bring more & more centenarians. I have the privilege of knowing a very special one...
Marianne Engel’s Plentiful Picnics
"An occasional psychiatric patient at the hospital," Marianne Engel is the steadfast, generous, brilliant and beautiful woman who walks into the burn victim's hospital room & claims him for her own: she nurses him, feeds him, entertains him with stories of eternal love, never wavering...