……..I bet you thought they would include “snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes.” Nope, a few of my favorite things? Heyday Books and Trains!
“Boy crazy!” That was an epithet 1950’s moms used to upbraid their daughters as they worked through their difficult teenage stages. Few earned the moniker
I’m happy to welcome Dave Holt as a reviewer this month. Dave read and reviewed Lucille Lang Day’s latest book. Married at Fourteen and published by Heyday
True Believers is a book for boomers, the generation that came of age in the 1960’s, a turbulent time of political unrest in America. There were
Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir & California Missions Sometime in the mid-1950s, the California State Board of Education decided all fourth grade children should learn
After several years of writing “Bookin’ with Sunny” reviews, I risk sounding like a broken record. When I go on holiday, I prowl the local
The Whole Town’s Talking When I taught creative writing, I always urged my students to think about audience. “Who will want to read what you
SWEET PROMISED LAND AND ROBERT LAXALT, THE STORY OF A STORYTELLER Aside from Mark Twain’s Roughing It, Robert Laxalt’s, Sweet Promised Land (1957, 2007) is
RUSSIAN WINTER Years and years ago, I was served a roasted onion. I’ve never forgotten the crisp softness as I peeled away the layers, the
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