Two more lovely reviews of Eve from the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Historical Novels Review. You can read portions of them on the Media page. Well, for a long time now I’ve wanted to read Dorothy Day’s autobiography The Long Loneliness, because I’ve read other books about her, written by other people, and I […]
Fundamentalism
Dictionary.com defines fundamentalism as many things, but here’s the one I’m referring to in today’s post: “a strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles.” This is not necessarily a bad thing, in my opinion, if you don’t foist any of those responsibilities or expectations on anyone else. I think I’ve discussed this […]
The God Question
Liliana surprises us at every turn–delightfully so. She shrieks and laughs and runs and wants to play kissy-face (where she places her palms on our cheeks and pulls us in to kiss us on the lips repeatedly). She’s impressionable and mimics everything. The astonishing thing is that sometimes she waits a day to pull […]