This week I had the pleasure of speaking with CK Love on her “Midlife on Fire” podcast. She interviews women who have stories to tell about how they are defying our society’s demands on women in midlife: Demands to disappear, to go quietly, to accept...
Eva Moon manages to balance humor, adventure, and drama in PINOCCHIO’S GUIDE TO THE END OF THE WORLD and the warm humanity of her characters helps illuminate one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. IndieReader An unofficial sequel and a re-imagining of the...
There is certainly no shortage of Pinocchio movies. Guillermo del Toro’s version is the third this year. It will air on Netflix in December, but I attended an advance screening. Is this version any better than the twenty-nine film versions that have preceded it?...
A friend came to visit the other day. We carved jack-o-lanterns, roasted pepitas, and yakked. We played music and sang. We had dinner. All in all, an excellent time. But it felt like returning to something I’d done in a hazy past life. Familiar but also...
I’ve spent the past week in British Columbia enjoying the many pleasures our beautiful northern neighbor has to offer. Driving has not been the least of them. But I did have a few things to learn. Car vs Pedestrian Don’t stand in the vicinity of a crosswalk if you...
I won’t keep you in suspense. I loathed Disney’s Pinocchio remake. Now, admittedly, I’ve spent years thinking and writing about Pinocchio as an allegory for the human struggle to find authenticity and meaning. I wrote a play about him...
