i’m off to denmark with author sara blaedel!
I’m heading to Copenhagen today to join one of my favorite authors, Sara Blaedel, on a personal hygge tour of her homeland. “What?!” you’re probably thinking. I know! That was my first reaction, too!
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“a quiet passion” movie review
As a writer, I’ve always been enamored with Emily Dickinson. so I was really looking forward to learning more about the reclusive poet — and her beloved Newfoundland, Carlo — in A Quiet Passion. Well — spoiler alert — Carlo never appears in the movie, which pretty much ruined it for me and made me…
“the dinner” movie review
There’s a really fascinating, thought-provoking plot line that’s finally introduced late in The Dinner. It’s shocking and timely and worthy of intense discussion. If it were actually the focus of the movie, I would have been hooked. Unfortunately, by the time they got to it, I was so disgusted with the unlikeable characters that, like a…
heifer international invites you to #joinhertribe
Most people know Heifer International for their animal gifting program — in fact, you may remember that I “bought” a goat from them for the holidays — but they also do critical, impactful work to support and empower women, as you can see from their philosophy, above. They, like I, believe that women have limitless…
5 books you’ll want to read now
I’m finding that the only thing keeping me sane in these challenging times is reading. Because I’m disgusted by the lack of education in our country — and, worse, the pride in that ignorance — I’m determined to keep learning, to keep seeking out different voices and to keep trying to understand the world. I…
2017 volkswagen passat
I was so happy to pull into the beautiful Hermosa Inn in Phoenix only to find an equally beautiful 2017 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 SEL Premium waiting for me to test-drive for the week. The Passat was the first car we bought our son when he turned 16 so I have fond memories of it —…
“the zookeeper’s wife” movie review – plus a giveaway!
I’m finding it harder and harder to watch movies about the Holocaust and I can’t bear to watch anything bad happen to animals so, in theory, The Zookeeper’s Wife should not be a movie I’d want to see. But I love Jessica Chastain, I adore animals and I’m finding it more important than ever to…
“going in style” $100 visa giveaway!
Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures for sponsoring this post. All opinions are, as always, 100% mine. Three of my favorite actors are starring together in a new movie, and I can’t wait to see it! Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin team up in director Zach Braff’’s Going in Style, a comedy about…