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  • Book Review: The English Wife by Lauren Willig

    The summary and promo for The English Wife interested me. The story itself did not. It is a novel occurring at different times, at two different places, with two interwoven stories. It is a murder mystery set from 1894 to 1899, during The Gilded Age. Like The Gilded Age, this book was shiny on the surface but rather…

  • Book Review: Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown

      Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos is a smartly written introduction to one of the world’s most celebrated artists. It begins in childhood, where we learn about Frida’s life in the famous La Casa Azul. Frida had a menagerie of animals; a parrot, two monkeys, three dogs, two turkeys, an eagle, a fawn, and a…

  • The Girl With The Gallbladder Bruises

    12/23/2017. Affinity Medical Center Emergency Room. Massillon, OH “Don’t come back here if you are in any more pain.” That was what the emergency room doctor told me, in front of my husband, after he told me my gallbladder looked fine. Me: “But the woman who did the ultrasound said my gallbladder has stones in it.” Dr.…

  • Swan Song

    Frenzied winter wind blows I am in a place that doesn’t know my name I walk slowly in this world of cold All that is wrong begins with this chill in my heart All that is wrong begins with my longing for the mate of my soul I feel home calling My skin smells like…

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