You know those stores in the airport which offer travel gadgets, snacks, drinks, last-minute souvenirs, postcards, magazines, and that single case of books? That is where I first discovered Clive…
The Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness follows Diana Bishop, Matthew de Claremont, and friends into the past of the 16th century. Traveling the Elizabethan world, they meet characters both…
Last autumn, as we began our monthly book review weeks, I was in the throes of several books at once and posted my thoughts based on the story so far.…
If you've been following this blog for the last few months, you know I began writing my life story. Well, my life story so far, anyway. It seems simple enough,…
This has become the go-to book in many different contexts. You see it on Audible’s book suggestion for those with a free 1-month free trial and for self-help books in…
In the cupboard-sized alcove of an independent bookstore in Vermont, the red spine of this book caught my eye. Then, I saw the title, and almost of its own accord,…
Let's put all our cards on the table. Numbers, are not my bag, baby! One year, when visiting the cardiologist, we did an experiment. With the stethoscope over my heart,…
My misnamed twin that wasn’t would later be called Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD). The fix should have been easy enough. A patch to close it. This is now, that was…
There is a unique selling proposition (USP) to the iPod, I don’t think even Steve Jobs foresaw. It helps me walk straight. If you’ve just scrunched up your face, and…
April 4, 1973. Four. Four. For years, I wondered if perhaps I did have a twin. The duplicity is in the numbers, it’s in my birthdate and on my fourth…