Quickening: Finding Those Living Moments
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if
BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about
When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening
This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
If someone gave you a potpourri of names: Wendy, Michael and John Darling; Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook—would that
This week in the WSJ, Billy Collins, a former United States Poet Laureate, writes about his writing process and the
The National Geographic channel always presents excellent historical productions through its Genius series. It has explored the lives of
“I am so angry with you, but I will move on.” “Forgive and forget.” “Won’t you please forgive me?”
A NOVEL BY CELESTE NG When a writer uses beautiful, powerful language to write a novel about a
We all have mothers, and as we proceed through our lives, we sometimes question their actions. Obviously, we
Of course, an Anglophile like me got up early to experience Charles Philip Arthur George’s Coronation. Watching the very soon
A beginning can be as small as vowing to get four things done on your list of twenty. Only four?