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Art of Drowning, The

No Lifeguard on Duty... Author:  Billy Collins Although I’m working on it, figuring that it’s an appropriate part of any self-improvement program, I’ve never been much of a poetry reader.  I expect I’m with the majority in that my exposure to poetry in high school and college only served to solidify my complete lack of interest.  If I ignored it, maybe it would just go away.  But perhaps my advancing age has softened my brain matter a bit, because it appears that a small kernel of poetry appreciation has taken root in said matter.  I can truthfully say that I [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:53-07:00August 24th, 2012|Tags: |

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey

Uptown, Downton Author: Countess Carnarvon My reading habits are all over the map. On a scale of “bleak environmental science” to “time-traveling magical romance,” I could be anywhere, or maybe two or three different places at the same time, thanks to the ever-changing potpourri of books that come to me from the library (and not always when I’m in the mood for them). On the other hand, I’m pretty much always in the mood for “breezy historical biography with pictures of gowns and jewels,” so I was excited to finally get my hands on Lady Almina and the Real Downton [...]

2025-10-31T06:45:43-07:00August 22nd, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |

Life Everlasting

Turning Death Into Life... Author:  Bernd Heinrich What happens to us when we die?  I’m not talking about heaven, hell or some other kind of afterlife; I’m talking about what happens to our bodies, our flesh and bones.  For millennia, humans have struggled to disrupt the normal decomposition that follows death, whether through embalmment, burial, cremation or mummification.  In recent years, however, there’s been a growing movement in favor of “green” burials that eschew all the technological trappings of mortuary science, allowing one’s body to naturally return to the ecosystem of which we’re all a part.  Prompted by a friend’s [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:54-07:00August 18th, 2012|Tags: , , , |
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