Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
In a contentious world full of bluster and misinformation, I'm glad we still have libraries. There, a thousand stories and a million real facts welcome all comers. You can find both education and entertainment among those stacks. And, if you don't see what you're looking, just summon a librarian. That's what I did when I [...]
Four times between third grade and sixth, the authorities at my niece Erin’s school hauled her and her parents to the principal’s office due to her subversive behavior. Her offense? Excessive reading. The same school district that tried to tamp down on her love of literature by restricting her access to the books she loved [...]
I saw the phrase “emotional support pile of books” in a meme the other day and I thought immediately about my own cozy stack. They rest near my side of the bed and I like to think my books and I are all counting the hours each day until we can spend quality time together [...]
Yesterday, I thought I spotted a tall human in the window as I pulled my car into the driveway. No one should have been home at that time, and I quickly ran through the possibilities, at least one of which involved some sort of stranger danger. "Hello?" I called out in what I hoped was [...]
Evidence of Ernest Hemingway's demons remains scratched into his bathroom walls and, for a moment, I had to look away. A journalist, then novelist, whose honest exploration of the human psyche (most often his own) earned him both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize, Hemingway courted specific details for his characters. I like details too, [...]