January 6, 2012
A good novel should transport you to a different place, even when the book is set in your hometown. Whether it’s a distant time, foreign location, […]
October 25, 2011
Joel Salatin is a cheeky man. At least that’s the impression I get from reading his latest book, Folks, This Ain’t Normal. Filled with chapter titles […]
September 23, 2011
Few trends have been more prominent in the food press these past few years than “locavore-ism”—the idea of sourcing your food from local producers, especially sustainable […]
September 18, 2011
A good book is like a friend. It may have nothing in common with others you like, but there is something about it that you respond […]
September 11, 2011
I remember that evening like it was yesterday. It was a special night for me. My parents had been married 25 years, and it was their […]
August 14, 2011
As I pen these words (and this particular blog is actually being drafted with a pen, to be typed up later at home), I am in […]
August 3, 2011
Have you ever read the newspaper and gotten angry enough to want to open a window and scream, à la Howard Beale in Network? Lately, I’ve […]
June 20, 2011
To My Iberian Brothers & Sisters
Andre d”Almeida and his band as well as Nathalie Pires singing fado (accompanied on guitar by Francisco Chuva and Portuguese guitar by Pedro Silva). But as […]
June 4, 2011
Over the past few years, I’ve read many wonderful novels—books that have made a huge impression, stories filled with characters that stayed with me long after […]
May 1, 2011
In an earlier post, I joked about the possibility of focusing this blog on the issue of civil wars (the subject of my novel). While I […]