Why I Still Read on Paper
I read online every day and love audiobooks, but I still keep coming back to paper books. Here’s why the printed page offers something digital reading can’t quite replace.
7 Walmart Clothes I Bought Sight Unseen: What Was Worth It?
7 Walmart Clothes I Bought Sight Unseen: What Was Worth It? Time was, I went into Walmart with trepidation, afraid that someone I knew from the kids’ school would see me buying groceries. I didn’t want to see anyone we knew. I didn’t think anyone else we knew shopped there. It didn’t occur to me
The Truth is — I Too Much Love Shoes
Why do we love shoes?
A perusal of the internet suggests we love shoes because they make us feel tall, smart.
Although it’s not just having shoes, it’s having the RIGHT shoes. You need to have shoes that somehow simultaneously blend in and stand out.
The quixotic perfect shoe.
But why?
I think this is one of those things where our memories, and the memories of our mothers and grandmothers, are tied together.
Philip Marlowe: The Strange Hope of the Hard-Boiled Detective
I met Philip Marlowe, private eye, some weeks ago when I went to the library and determined that I was going to find a book to read that was perhaps a guilty pleasure, that I would see sitting on the shelf and would pick it up and, clutching it close, sigh and plan my escape.
Following the Path: A Pilgrimage to Colorado’s Oldest Church
I drove hundreds of miles into southern Colorado in search of an old church, a prayer labyrinth, and perhaps an answer to a question I couldn’t quite resolve at home.
Literary Movie Review: Odyssey, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sent me back to Homer—and to the strange women, monsters, temptations, and homecomings that have kept this story alive for thousands of years.
Book Review: The Last Love Song
Book Review The Last Love Song by Tracy Daugherty Book Review: We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live by Joan Didion This is a book review for the intellectuals who read this blog, such as Sue, my travelling partner on the Japan Trip. My description of this pair of books will be somewhat more
In which I go on Ancestry.com
In which I go on Ancestry.com: Sometime ago, I first became aware of the online family tree builder and genealogical research tool, Ancestry.com. Some friends and relatives had been using it before me, probably more people than I could actually list, and key genealogists on both my father’s and my mother’s side were becoming knowledgeable […]
Last Day in Japan
Last Day in Japan: We came home from the Fuji trip rather tired and spent the end of the day resting. The next morning, Sue had only half a day before she had to go to the airport, so we decided to go to a garden that was walking distance. This was the Shinjuku Gyoen
We Climbed Mount Fuji
We climbed Mount Fuji. For weeks now I have been feeling anxious because of the Fuji trip. I knew it would be demanding and I also knew I hadn’t done the hiking practice I was supposed to. But your biggest challenges are always the ones you don’t anticipate and on this trip the biggest challenge