Brothers Grimm — Sweetheart Roland
Wicked step mother accidentally cuts off the wrong daughter’s head … then the other one turns into a duck to hide …
Fox News’ Peter Doocy attacked by bird on White House lawn
Fox News’ own Peter Doocy is just the latest in a string of worldwide attacks by birds against humans. Doocy had to duck to avoid a second attempt by the…
Edgar Allan Poe – Lenore
In Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Lenore,” the grieving Guy de Vere angrily rejects the traditional mourning of a hypocritical community he blames for his young bride’s death, choosing instead to…
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…