Valentine is the story of a man sticking to his own beliefs in the face of certain death. Then again… Some Like It Hot is also a tale of risking everything and keeping extraordinary faith in what one is doing. It’s a screwball comedy, which means that characters act with their base...
Admitting ignorance is humbling. It reminds us that as fleeting inhabitants of this vast universe, we are part of something much bigger. It forms a foundation for the curiosity that defines us as human beings, that drives us to contemplate our existence, educate ourselves, and to grow and evo...
Published in 2003, close to 25 years after the first volume, Zúñiga’s work is still haunted by the war and the personal costs. It is a take that is both personal, and regional, an attempt to capture the city, Madrid in the man, and the man in a besieged and ultimately destroyed...
and don’t have to rest our fate in the hands of a god whose ways can at best be described as ‘mysterious.’ It offers the comfort of not having to wonder what we did wrong, or why we’re being punished or tested, every time something bad happens. It offers the comfort of experie...
Part of me wishes the notebooks were all the same size or of similar design, but the array of covers which have held my confidences are a testimony in themselves to my changing life, tastes and experience and are precious for that. I am writing once a week at the moment – and the de...
Beginning in vs. 6, see how Alma does the very thing he has just taught Helaman in ch. 37. As he now addresses Shiblom, notice in vs. 6-9 his own personal testimony, written and recorded. This is a First Person, Parent to Child, Personal Account, a Story of Something that Happene...
Didion’s personal tragedy was so far removed from my own life at the time shimmering with promise. My husband was still alive, and our little girl had just started the 3rd grade. Some years later, I reread the book. This time, I got it. By then, I had been shattered by a breast...
In 2005, I read Joan Didion’s“Year of Magical thinking.”I didn’t get it. Not really. Didion’s personal tragedy was so far removed from my own life at the time shimmering with promise. My husband was still alive, and our little girl had just started the 3rd grade. ...
in the military, in the 18-29 age group that number drops to 33%. Jenna’s essay won in the middle school category, but the VFW commander said there was not one single entry from the high school students. Without the personal connection, do our young people take their freedom for ...
“The Bee Sting” is an extraordinary novel that weaves a compelling narrative around the complexities of family dynamics, personal failures, and the journey toward redemption. Paul Murray has crafted a story that is both heart-wrenching and heartwarming, capturing the essence of human resilience in...