Faith, Fiction, Friends

It was only coincidental. I read  Joseph Luzzi’s   In a Dark Wood: A Memoir  (2015) and the next in my reading pile was  Unconditional: A No...

One day, I'll figure out how Amazon works. Here are two reviews of Brookhaven, both dated December of 2024 (the month it was published),...

I’m sure why I first started reading memoirs by major poetic figures, but I recently read two that struck me as particularly significant in ...

As I’ve gotten older, things that might have been simply interesting or intriguing, but I didn’t have much time for, have become more signif...

The beginning of Lent – Ash Wednesday – falls on Valentine’s Day this year. I’m not sure if there’s a subliminal message there or not, but t...

I usually read some Christmas-related stories during December. Sometimes it’s to help feel the season; sometimes simply to see how others ar...

Bill Grandi is a pastor in Indiana, cyclist, and regular blogger (two blogs,  Cycleguy’s Spin  and  Living in the Shadow ). Cycleguy’s Spin ...

For a few years before 2022, I’d been occasionally reading about the American Civil War. It’s something I grew up with; my grandparents were...

My posting may be irregular for a few weeks. I usually try to post daily, but I’ve gotten way behind on my reading. As in, I’m covered throu...

There’s considerable renewed interest in the   Chinese Cultural Revolution   that began in 1966 and didn’t officially end until the death of...

A boy breaks a date with his girlfriend for the winter formal, a young woman with a secret struggles when love finds at her, a delightful st...

A Canadian exchange teacher finds love next door in suburban London, a movie star comes home and discovers his childhood love, seat mates on...

A Jane Austen lookalike, a holiday romance Down Under that may turn into something else, a boy who wants a dad (and a puppy) for Christmas, ...