22
Feb
Book Details: Genre: Contemporary Speculative Fiction Publisher: Plenary Publishing Publication Date: March 2001 Synopsis: Why would Grace Johnson, an African American high school senior, take a bullet to save the life of a Ku Klux Klansman named Jonathan Gilmore? The question hovers unanswered over Grace’s hometown of Vigilant, Michigan. Few people, black or white, understand [...]
Tags: Act of Grace, Book Review, Karen Simpson
13
Feb
Tags: music monday, Whitney Houston
7
Feb
Book Details: Genre: Fantasy Publisher: CreateSpace Publication Date: December 2011 Synopsis: Kellen St. James is just your average seventeen-year-old prodigy, but with a Yale degree, a photographic memory, and an addiction to everything 80s. But what’s not so average about Kellen is the girl who’s been haunting his dreams for the last eleven years. When the [...]
Tags: faeries, Kellen St. James, Stephanie Keyes, The Star Child
6
Feb
Keeping it brief today… What’d you think of Madonna’s halftime show? It’s gotten some mixed reviews. I thought it had some good moments, but overall, I just had sort of an, ‘eh’ feeling about it. Did you love it? Hate it? Somewhere in between? What has been your favorite or least favorite halftime show?
2
Feb
Yes…definitely two of my favorite things. Hugh Jackman and coffee. I recently stumbled across an article where I learned that Hugh Jackman started up is own coffee line. As if that wasn’t enough to make me think even more highly of him, turns out, the proceeds from the coffee go to helping the growers and [...]
Tags: coffee, giving back, Hugh Jackman, Laughing Man
30
Jan
My daughter recently took up guitar. She plunks around on it just about every day and can now play the Peter Gunn theme and the basic blues riff of Bad to the Bone. It got me thinking of other songs she might start to try or at least listen to to get a feel for [...]
Tags: 80s Music, 90s Music, Favorite Era, music monday
23
Jan
If you’re like me, you probably get a tune stuck in your head every now and then. Sometimes it makes sense. You heard it on the radio, or wherever and it just stuck with you for the rest of the day. Some songs make less sense. Maybe you haven’t heard them in a while, but [...]
Tags: Hair, Lady Gaga, music monday, Songs Stuck in your Head, U2, Where the Streets Have No Name
18
Jan
Book Details: Genre: Paranormal Suspense Publisher: R.J. Buckley Publishing (Oct. 31, 2011) Synopsis: It is bizarre to say in our civilized culture some human beings still act out in a violent primitive manner causing bodily harm and death. For this reason alone incarcerating facilities will always exist. The terror of being thrust into a world [...]
Tags: Barbara Watkins, curse, Hollowing Screams, Lola, Paranormal Suspense
16
Jan
I’m a huge fan of Motown Music. There are so many great songs and voices, it’s hard to pick a favorite. But not only is Motown’s music some of the best, true American music ever produced, it was also a powerful force in the Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy, who started Motown didn’t get directly [...]
Tags: Aretha Franklink, Berry Gordy, Jr., Martin Luther King, Motown, The Civil Rights Movement, Think
9
Jan
Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all had a fantastic holiday season, no matter what or how you celebrate and am hopeful that this year will be the best one yet. Besides, the holidays, I had a birthday in December. A milestone birthday – the big 35. Somebody asked me, do I feel 35? [...]
Tags: Christmas Shopping, Disney, Good Life, Milestone Birthdays, music monday, One Republic
