Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping — by Suzanne Collins
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars While I found The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes interesting. And enjoyed it for what it was,…
Golfer ‘brutally attacked’ by magpie …
Well, maybe more “cutely” than “brutally,” actually.
O Henry – Gift of the Magi
Imagine sacrificing your most prized possession to buy your loved one something for Christmas. And they do the same. First published in The New York Sunday World on December 10,…
Book Review: Hillbilly Elegy — by J.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance My rating: 3 of 5 stars I had heard of Hillbilly Elegy during JD Vance’s first…
Belarusian birds attack Latvia
Have the birds joined the ongoing war between Ukraine, Russian and their allies? It would seem so. NATO fighter jets stationed at the Lielvarde base in Latvia were alerted to…
Utah couple accidentally ships cat to Amazon
Actions have repercussions. If you go outside in the rain, you’ll get wet. Play in traffic and you might end up in the hospital. Hang out in boxes and you…
That’s not a dog!
Imagine, if you will, a pack of friendly neighborhood dogs drops by your porch to say hi. Except that one dog looks kind of strange, doesn’t he? The best part…
Edgar Allan Poe – The City in the Sea
This poem tells the story of a city ruled by a personification of Death using common elements from Gothic fiction.