Mouse, December 2014 Two thousand fourteen has been an ordinary year for the most part with its ups and downs. Our senior cat, Parker...

Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove her car off a bridge. ~ Opening of Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin by Margare...

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even bec...

Six months into the year and I already have a few contenders for my top ten favorite books of the year, although no books have yet earned m...

In years past, my excitement and eagerness for challenges usually struck in late November, early December. This year, I felt nothing.  None...