June 2014

  • Science Fiction Fridays: Consider The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

    You should read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (and later, Brandon Sanderson). Here’s a listing of the series in order. Now, I know what you’re thinking: it’s so long (14 books)! And those covers (truly hideous)! And those names (Aviendha? Nynaeve? And best of all Cadsuane)!  And it’s so long! Truly, there are many, many… Continue reading

  • Hunt Like A Woman

    “Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…we simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in.” – Wallace Stegner (The Sound of Mountain Water) Growing up as a child, my grandfather would… Continue reading

  • Romantic Wednesdays: If You Liked The Fault in Our Stars

    Posted by Eric G. John Green’s popular and acclaimed novel The Fault in Our Stars gets the big screen treatment this week! Here are some books that form a complementary reading constellation. Somebody Up There Hates You by Hollis Seamon On the surface this story of cancer-stricken teens seems very similar to Green’s novel, but this humorous,… Continue reading

  • Got Milk?

    As summer comes, many of us dream of dairy.  Ice cream, milkshakes, and corn on the cob with butter are just a few of the treats of the season that depend on that staple, milk.  Usually, we don’t give it much thought, but there’s actually a lot to explore in the history and uses of… Continue reading

  • Movie Mondays: In Praise of Long Films

    posted by Mike S. In this beautiful era of binge-watching, where locking ourselves inside to devour the latest season of Game of Thrones is commonplace, it’s curious to note that feature films with longer running times still have a stigma surrounding them. Disk after disk of Homeland flies through our DVD players, obliterating entire afternoons, but… Continue reading