This little book, ELMET by Fiona Mozley, took me by surprise in a big way. Which is saying a great deal, as it isn’t very often that first-person point-of-view books move me so deeply. This is first-person narrative done … Read more...
Posts published in “Environment”
Tis the season — to share love and laughter among friends, family and furcritters…… Read more...
I don’t review many non-fiction books, but NO SPECIES IS AN ISLAND: Bats, Cacti, and Secrets of the Sonoran Desert by Theodore H Fleming is an exception for multiple reasons. For starters, I have been a citizen scientist on a … Read more...
Tis the season to indulge oneself and what better way than with a healthy, easy, to die for apple pie. … Read more...
I loved this book! (This is the third Taylor Brown novel I’ve read, and I am convinced I will read anything this author writes). The language in GODS OF HOWL MOUNTAIN — and in all of his books — is … Read more...
We like to categorize things in simple terms. If something is beautiful or cute we tend to think of it as friendly, happy or, at the very least, benign. If something is ugly or not appealing to look at we … Read more...
The first, second, and third rule of real estate is — Location, Location, Location! But location isn’t just a place. And, it isn’t something static.
Location is an entire environment…
— A dynamic relationship that is constantly changing and evolving … Read more...
One of the things about becoming healthy is all the foods you must give up. I’ve had a love hate relationship with French fries my entire life. My taste buds love them and my hips hate them.
Potatoes are something … Read more...
I loved GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT by Lily Brooks-Dalton – which surprised me, since this novel was billed as a post-apocalyptic story. I have read only a handful of such stories and warmed only slightly to them (The Age of Miracles, … Read more...