(Note: this post was started last month, in mid-October) Just got back from the ballet tonight — Coppélia! It was such a delight. I haven’t…
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Reflections on Writing
Ordinarily I write my postings for this blog several weeks, or at least days, in advance. I do this because I suppose I’m a bit…
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Amazon Ink I loved the basic premise of this story, which was that the Amazons of myth and legend still exist, hidden within our modern-day…
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Norse Code The back of the book suggests the story is about the newly created Valkyrie named Mist, but this is not actually the case…
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Touch of Evil This book was, interestingly enough, a free digital book from Tor which my friend had downloaded in mid-2008, and suggested I might…
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Some friends of mine loaned me some books to read recently, since they both know I’m a fan of urban fantasy. I rather enjoyed the…
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Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit Another critic I found on the web saw double standards in Wills’ book — a desire within Wills to dispense…
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Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit Why compelling? So why is the book so riveting? There are several reasons I found it so. Firstly, it’s always…
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A fascinating, eye-opening review of biblical & ancient textual exegesis concerning current papal “hot button” issues.
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Why is the Journey that denotes active individualism and physical maturity always coded male? Why is the one that connotes life’s wisdom cooperatively rooted within…
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