Going viral

Going viral

Day One. The confinement begins. I find myself oddly… calm. Is this the storied one that comes before the storm? Anxiety is weird. I am a worrier, with more than my share of scary stories pinging around in my head at a given moment. It’s like a creepy...
It’s the Holidays!

It’s the Holidays!

Well, it was the holidays – I am just a teeny bit late. Our holiday began with the ugliest cinnamon bread ever. I brought Special Ingredients and Arcane Baking Equipment from the U.S. with the express goal of making these pretty little cinnamon bread cakey...
Fiction: it’s a dead heat

Fiction: it’s a dead heat

You’ve seen my non-fiction reviews, now it’s time for some fic-fic-fiction! Reading waaaaay too much this year: check out these heinous reading glasses! Probably from reading on screens. Anyway… High points Two books are in the running for my...
Visit to Tunis!

Visit to Tunis!

Visiting Tunisia is even easier and lovelier than it sounds. You’ve heard about the beaches, but the history is a draw as well. You’ll not find nicer olive oil anywhere. And if you’re really nice they’ll let you stitch a rug. This year the...
Reading myself into something new

Reading myself into something new

Dad has inspired me with his book reviews. When he reads a good one – and he’s reading all the time – he writes it up with his characteristic wit and his eye for the import of the times. Pretty impressive, as he’s 90. Last year my reading was more often than not on...
It’s heed-taking time

It’s heed-taking time

How does seeing the U.S. flag make you feel? When it’s flying? When it’s draped over a coffin of someone who put themselves in the line of fire? I travel and live all over the world, I’m a pro-peace lefty who likes the idea of socialized medicine,...