For the past several years, I’ve attempted to watch as many Oscar-nominated films as possible, and for the past two years I have written reviews of each film and posted them to this blog. Alas, I always run out of time and cannot see everything. This year’ ceremony has been delayed, and I started reviewing … More 2021 Oscar Reviews: The Father
For the past several years, I’ve attempted to watch as many Oscar-nominated films as possible, and for the past two years I have written reviews of each film and posted them to this blog. Alas, I always run out of time and cannot see everything. This year’ ceremony has been delayed and the nominees are … More 2021 Oscar Reviews: Sound of Metal
Today I’d like to talk about the disgusting appearance of Mark and Patricia McCloskey at the Republican National Convention. I know this news is almost two weeks old, but there’s been a lot of traumatic news to process recently, so forgive me if it took some time to parse and articulate my thoughts on this … More Shoot Thy Neighbor
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August 27th Hello my book Witches!! I’ll be talking about Hope The Little Fox by E. Ozols today. But first name a book you loved because of it’s brilliantly written feminist take on the story! “You are a girl.” “I don’t want to be a girl “ “Why don’t…
Last week, when Kamala Harris was announced as Biden’s VP pick, I got excited and posted the following comment on Facebook: “KAMALA HARRIS YES YES YES! Someone get me a giant yard sign STAT!” Most of my Facebook feed was full of other super excited pro-Harris posts, but one Facebook friend was less enthusiastic. He … More (in defense of) Getting Excited About Kamala Harris
June is my favorite month, because it is just so dang fun! The sun is out, the days are long, we’re not sick of the heat and humidity yet, life is just good! Wahoo! But smack dab in the middle of this party, each year, we have to stop and think for a moment about … More Reflections on the June Deportations in a Modern Context
I am pleased to report the arrival of my second (self-)published novel: Hope the Little Fox! Here’s a blurb: Hope is a wild and carefree child growing up in a remote cottage near the coast. Hope’s high-born mother worries her unruly daughter will never become a proper lady living out in the wilderness, while her … More Hope the Little Fox
Each year for the past few years, I have attempted to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible before the awards are presented. It’s just a little personal challenge for fun, and I’ve had varying degrees of success in both seeing the films, and making predictions (ok that’s stretching the truth- my … More 2020 Oscar Reviews: Knives Out
Every year I try, with varying degrees of success, to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible. This year I got through 14 movies: all of the Best Picture nominees, plus a handful of other films that were nominated in other categories. It’s a light load compared to the 19 I saw … More 2020 Oscars: Overall Thoughts and Predictions
Each year for the past few years, I have attempted to watch as many of that year’s Oscar nominees as possible before the awards are presented. It’s just a little personal challenge for fun, and I’ve had varying degrees of success in both seeing the films, and making predictions (ok that’s stretching the truth- my … More 2020 Oscar Reviews: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
