By Jane Anderson My mother, Ruth, died at age 81 in the middle of the night in a nursing home.…
By Jane Anderson My mother, Ruth, died at age 81 in the middle of the night in a nursing home.…
By Robert Drews A penitent left the confessional and knelt in contemplation,crossed herself with holy water, and disappeared into the…
By Jane Dyer Anderson Glenn and Christy were in love. Being in love felt normal to Christy, who had been…
The world is a good place. There are enough excellent writers around to keep us happy. Some of them even…
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie vs. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. Agatha Christie’s…
A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O’Nan (fiction). “The Horror! The Horror!” This quote from Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of…
The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee, by Alexander McCall Smith (fiction). Oh, goodie! That’s all readers can say about the…
Dear Rose: I’m glad that Donald Trump lived through the assassination attempts. That is not a political statement, just a…
Dear Rose: I’m glad that Donald Trump lived through the assassination attempts. That is not a political statement, just a…
Dear Rose: I’m glad that Donald Trump lived through the assassination attempt. That is not a political statement, just a…
Dear Rose: I recently went to a funeral where one of the eulogists from the woman’s deep past told stories…