STARS IN THE SAND In the Infinite’s eyes, All matter and time are of similar size. Nebulas hide in needles, and, Stars twinkle in sand. A million years sift through an hourglass, Eons linger as seconds pass. All along has…
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HITLER’S BLUE He wakes at dawn With Eva Braun At his side Fingering a tablet of cyanide. In the white of the pill He sees snow, deep and still, Soon to be trampled by Wehrmacht feet Staggering westward in frigid…
There was a bit of a dust-up on social media this week when Crisis Magazine ran an essay condemning The Chosen for portraying Jesus as a joke-cracking, regular guy. Amongst the devout some were scandalized, pointing out that never once…
Resurrection, published in 1899, was Tolstoy’s last novel and the cause of his being excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church. It’s powerful and depressing and thought-provoking in the extreme. Resurrection fully embodies Tolstoy’s method of writing after his religious awakening;…
After writing my short review of an 18-year-old ER episode I couldn’t forget, I started thinking about books I’ve read over the years that similarly stuck in my mind. I came up with 33 of them. This is by no…