When I was younger, I loved to swim, and although I never became a competitive swimmer, I was a pretty fast swimmer.  Fortunately, when I ...

Thanks, Amy!  Several years ago, Amy, my youngest sister, urged me to read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom , which tells the story...

"I was born to join in love, not hate--that is my nature.” ~ Antigone, Sophocles The Antigone Poems is a collection of po...

Three may be a crowd, but it's also the magic number in this novel.  Published in 2015, The Tusk that Did the Damage is the new boo...

“Absinthe is the only decent drink that suits an artist.” ~ Paul Gauguin  Having read two other books by best-selling author Tatjana S...

Published in 2014, A Matter of Mercy by writer Lynne Hugo is an emotional story from the start.  Set in Wellfleet, MA, a fishing village...

Laura Foley is the author of four collections of poetry: Joy Street , The Glass Tree , Mapping the Fourth Dimension , and Syringa .  As if ...

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” ~ Mark Twain  Published in 2014, Joy Street by poet Laura Fol...

This year is almost over!  I decided to put my 2014 365 New Words-a-Year calendar to use one more time before its retirement.  (I plan to g...

"The force inside of me, the commander in chief that was in charge of this war I was waging, was not me, but was actually an extens...

"I pressed my nose to the car window.  As we neared the coast, the light became sharper, the pines scrubbier. Everything became more...

INVENTORY ITEM: Vintage , a novel by Susan Gloss APPROXIMATE DATE: 2014 CONDITION: new ITEM DESCRIPTION: Advanced reader's editio...

There's no time to lose, I heard her say Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams And you will ...

Ghosts!  The Frangipani Hotel: Stories by Violet Kupersmith is a collection of short fiction based on traditional Vietnamese tales, which...