Trevor Noah and the power of language
“You cannot blame anyone else for what you do. You cannot blame your past for who you are. You are responsible for you. You make your own choices.” Continue reading Trevor Noah and the power of language
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Mid-week Mischief
Sadly, these Nevada businesses are closed now. #takecare #selfcare #stayhomenevada #flattenthecurve Continue reading Mid-week Mischief
Coming home to a place I’ve never been
Almost twenty years ago I wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal about a trip to Ireland I took with … Continue reading Coming home to a place I’ve never been
Coming home to Vegas, baby
“Being happy was a sort of a perk, an extra that came to you in odd moments, then was gone. It was not continuous and steady. You could not rely on it to be there every morning.” Continue reading Coming home to Vegas, baby
Book Report: Start with one grand old house and one evil step-mother
“Thinking about the past impeded my efforts to be decent in the present.” Continue reading Book Report: Start with one grand old house and one evil step-mother
Remembering the day the world changed
Originally published in The Nevada Appeal on September 26, 2001 My Own Battlefields in This New War “It’s awful here. … Continue reading Remembering the day the world changed
Book Report: What’s up with Eleanor?
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine I listened to the brilliant reading by Cathleen McCarron of this brilliant book during walks … Continue reading Book Report: What’s up with Eleanor?
Book Report: Motherhood is like playing with fire
Little Fires Everywhere Notions of motherhood and parenting play a central role in Celeste Ng’s second novel as they did … Continue reading Book Report: Motherhood is like playing with fire
Book report: If you could talk with the animals
The Elephant Whisperer When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a small herd of traumatized elephants onto … Continue reading Book report: If you could talk with the animals
Book Report: Tan on Tan
It seems Amy Tan has been trying to write her story for years. The ghosts of her past inhabit all … Continue reading Book Report: Tan on Tan
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