History, Real Life and Faith
Do you ever find your mind wandering from something your body is doing and wake up to discover you’re thinking of something completely out of context? Say, when you’re dancing in your zumba class? How does the brain make make connections and why do they sometimes seem completely off? I ruminate on this oddity often at six o’clock in the…
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When you don’t live in big city, visiting a place like London or New York means one thing: theatre! I’ve attended the theatre in London seven times in the last three years. I have several pointers for those interested in visiting the West End. Les Miserables 1. Don’t expect familiar musicals to be exactly what you’re used to. We saw Les…
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When you don’t live in big city, visiting a place like London or New York means one thing: theatre! I’ve attended the theatre in London seven times in the last three years. I have several pointers for those interested in visiting the West End. Les Miserables 1. Don’t expect familiar musicals to be exactly what you’re used to. We saw Les…
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In 1983 I decided to start reading the biographies or memoirs of people who held my happiness in their hands. I figured if I knew something about –usually–the man who had such an influence, I might better roll with the punches delivered to innocent me. My husband was the youngest Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy and about to become…
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When is it research and when is it voyeurism? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself as I’ve read through some of the diaries and letters I obtained during my recent swing through the south. The heroine‘s sister made me question the decision to read other people’s personal accounts when she scrawled a stern warning on the opening page of…
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What’s the point of reading literature? Long ago and far away when I was a senior in high school, my AP English teacher stopped in the middle of a lecture to scold us. “Do you know why we read great works of literature?” Mr. Bergeron demanded. “It’s because you cannot experience everything in one lifetime. Reading literature enables you to learn…
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