• Humor,  Television

    The Funny Ones

    One of the things that sparked my love for the past was 1960s sitcoms. For years, I unwound before bedtime by watching an episode with my family. We saw quite a few series,…

  • Books,  Sci-Fi

    Book Series Review: Firmament

    I suppose, technically, watching Star Wars with my dad was my first experience with sci-fi. Or maybe it was my Dora and the Purple Planet video game, although I feel like that doesn’t…

  • Mystery,  Television

    One More Thing…

    Last week, I looked at a book that, while it was enjoyable, was too different from other mysteries to fit my expectations for the genre. This week, I want to look at a…

  • Books,  Mystery

    Book Review: The Daughter of Time

    Well, this is ironic. In last week’s post, I defended Deep Space Nine as “real” Star Trek when many other reviewers didn’t see it that way. This week, I’m going to be questioning whether a…

  • Sci-Fi,  Television

    TV Review: Deep Space Nine

    Space. The final frontier. These are the… Plot twist, not a lot of voyages happening here. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the third television series in the Star Trek universe and the first…

  • Books

    Atticus for America: Part 2

    Intro & Recap In last week’s post, I spent a good bit of time looking at what an American hero is and why they have faded in recent decades. I also explained why…

  • Books

    Atticus for America: Part 1

    Introduction I’ve had this idea for a while, but always shied away as I don’t want this blog to be seen as political in any way, and I was afraid that’s how my…

  • Books

    10 Favorite Picture Books

    This blog might not exist if my mom hadn’t read to me every night from birth to teenagerhood. Maybe I would have still fallen in love with books and writing—they seem to be…

  • Books,  Mystery

    Book Review: A Man Lay Dead

    We have reached our fourth and final “Queen of Crime,” the New Zealander Ngaio (Ny-oh) Marsh. She stands out as the only one of the four whose first book was the first I…