As always, I have bolded my particular favorites. I loved many others on the list, though, so don’t assume I didn’t if one you loved or want to read isn’t in bold!
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I devoted December to meeting my writing objectives as far in advance of the end of the year as possible so that I could spend quality time unwinding with my spouse before the advent of 2025.
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Legends of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance tell stories of boiling oil poured on attackers trying to scale the ramparts—but how about some soup?
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I got to thinking recently that nowhere I love and nowhere I’ve traveled has had a museum of storytelling and literature.
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Community is essential for our health and well being, but it’s not easy to find. Here are three ways to build community and social connection that worked for me.
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The good news is that, unlike last month, I managed to carve out a little more social time amid all the writing work and the other work.
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Despite the endless confusion and evident misery, we may never get rid of changing the clocks twice a year.
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On our visit to Iceland, we chose Reykjavik as a base of stay and rented a car to see the region around it via a series of day trips.
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Noir fans, like me, have endless theories and stances and opinions about the genre, enough to make me wonder if noir fiction isn’t unique the nebulousness of its definition. (Fitting, no?)
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I’m in crunch time for many of the projects and plans I had set for 2024—or I’m coming to terms with the reality that certain things just will not get done.
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November 1 on the Catholic calendar is All Saints’ Day. The French have blended the term, making November 1 “la Toussaint” in French parlance.
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The reactions you get when you have an accent and people know or can assume by context that you are a migrant or immigrant are telling, to say the least.
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If your travel will take you to Reykjavik, here are a few of my suggestions on what to do, see, and eat while in town. The city has a lot to offer and a lot to love!
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As always, I read fewer books in Q3 than I do in other quarters of the year. I still read plenty, though, listed with my favorites in bold as always.
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September didn’t slow down, now did it? I crammed it with as much productivity and traveling and literary goodness as I could.
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At the arrival of autumn in Switzerland, you might be surprised by a procession of beflowered cows and traditionally dressed herders filing down the mountain.
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If you think you don’t like horror novels and short stories, you may not have the full perspective on horror fiction. Hear me out—especially if you like thriller and suspense books.
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When we stayed in Burlington, we had more options for day trips than we had time to take. Here are our favorites—all less than a two-hour drive from town.
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