Being a Beast Adventures Across the Species Divide Author: Charles Foster Alluring. Ethereal. Other worldly. Mythic, mandatory, factual, philosophical. Oh, and Charles Foster should be married to a dictionary!! Such great writing! And such solid inquiry into cross species “beingness” (sentience). Being a Beast is one of those special once in a great moon books that held me in thrall. As I escaped past the last page, I felt so utterly sad that I jumped back into the first page again. ... continue reading...
Book review: Being a Beast
Here I Am – a review
Here I Am Author: Jonathan Safran Foer John Updike. Philip Roth. Peter Taylor. Alice Munro. Jonathan Safran Foer Writers who gift us with families who thrum within their own family universe, then bounce back to us like an echo. I adore Jonathan Foer. Eating Animals enchanted and mesmerized me. Timeframe: One month. Location: Washington D.C., Israel Characters: The Bloch family, Jacob, Julia, Sam, Max, Benjy and the Israeli cousin, Tamir, Irv, the granda, Deborah, the grandma, ... continue reading...
Book review: Prodigals by Greg Jackson
Prodigals Stories by Greg Jackson With declaratory language succinct as to appear insouciant, Greg Jackson thrusts us into his inner worlds in Prodigals. The first short story, Wagner in the Desert, seems to be semi-autobiographical and tells the tale of a mélange of friends partying as hard as they can and discovering mystical things out of the ordinary. Sometimes, however, the characters posture too much and Jackson’s language slows the action to a complete halt as we titillate over a ... continue reading...
A look at: Aliens (a review)
Aliens The World’s Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Edited and with an Introduction by Jim Al-Khalili I believe that we all have some instinct or thoughts on extraterrestrial life, especially with media movies such as E.T. and other alien movies that capture our imagination. Roswell has long been a byword in extraterrestrial fiction. This book is a compendium of essays discussing and informing about alien life, whether it exists, whether on another galaxy, and all ... continue reading...
Scrub a dub dub? Not in THIS TUB! I Use Flower Mound Soap Works for the Face and Body
I am the Seeker of Succulent Soaps in my family – and The Review Broads family – so when I came across Flower Mound Soaps (and tried their soaps especially for the face) I swooned. My face is aging…..a lot….and I live in the desert. Soaps are hard to come by that maintain the glycerin content that keeps my skin soft. So Flower Mound’s brilliant line of facial soaps was right up my alley1 REALITY Does it work? Now it would be easy to say that every wrinkle disappeared as I fell into ... continue reading...
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