I’ve seen most of the Best Picture nominees this year (no Nightmare Alley, Drive My Car or West Side Story) … More
Category: The Arts
6 Thoughts on Jerry Maguire, 26 Years Later
Virginia and I continued on a torrid pace of movie-watching, this time watching Jerry Maguire with friends on New Year’s … More
And another movie … ‘Don’t Look Up’
We continued our movie-watching last night and caught Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay. It is ostensibly about what … More
‘Dog’ Days of Winter
Virginia and I kicked off our quarantine (a nephew we saw over the Christmas weekend tested positive Sunday for covid, … More
The Greatest Albums of All-Time, 2021 Edition
Our local public radio station, WXPN, is a treasure, and their reader poll to determine the greatest albums of all … More
Some ‘Mountain-Climbing’ Advice from Writer George Saunders
Listened to George Saunders’ first collection of short stories, Civilwarland in Bad Decline, this summer and all the things I … More
A First Novel About Love, Loss and Redemption
Can a couple’s marriage survive a life-changing loss when one of them is responsible for the tragedy? That’s the question … More
Down-and-Outers, Global Edition
There’s a lot going on in the world and it has me wanting to get back to writing for other … More
Songs to Get Through a Pandemic, the Closer
I missed a day for the first time in two weeks on this, so I’m going to accept that I’ve … More
Songs to Get Through a Pandemic, #14, Ruby Falls
To be honest, I don’t know if this one gets you through, or if it pulls you down. It’s the … More
Songs to Get Through a Pandemic #13, I’d Die for You
Margo Price has the kind of voice and taste that gets you crowned as country music’s next big thing, so … More
Songs to Get Through a Pandemic #12, When I Get to Heaven
John Prine’s passing due to COVID-19 is one of the many tragedies of the past year, but Prine had the … More