For some years I listened to my coworkers speak of all of the trendy foods they were wanting to try as they were hearing about them on the many TV Cooking Shows the celebrity Chef's networks, Test Kitchens demo's, World Traveling Food Journalist programs, and on and on and on.. It seemed to replace ...

Presently enjoying this 2023 debut Novel of Viranna Labuskes. https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780063259256-us.jpg Historical Fiction based on facts. Told thru Althea James a small time writer from Maine who was invited to visit the early 1930's Germany when promotion of "The New Germany&quo...

There have been so many very successful people who were constantly at battle with their mental or emotional issues. They range from the tragic to comical to so ironic they are nearly unbelievable. My best example of the ironic class would be Howard Hughs. But as a psychologist friend & patron of...

Hoarding books ? Guilty. :P Movie DVD's and even old VHS Tapes. Perhaps it's OCD. But when people ask me what I want for Christmas I explain that I'd like to have steel beams to under pin my sagging floors. The statement garners some odd expressions on their faces. Until I explain that it's the resu...

I live in a Tri-State area and hold seven library cards. I can physically check out books with four of the cards and use the online collection with the other three eCards. These eCards are from the largest cities in the state. I have a Kindle Fire HD 8 for the three eCards. Won the Kindle in the sum...

I haven't yet but I have acquired a light for my Cell along with downloading the "Podbean" app. During the holidays I found an inexpensive kit with a mic, pop screen, and mini tripod which should provide for better audio recording. Since I already have a cradle for the Cell, the kit could ...

I've read these books and would offer them for your consideration. The Hangman & His Wife: The Life & Death of Reinhard Heydrich by Nancy Dougherty https://www.amazon.com/Hangman-His-Wife-Reinhard-Heydrich/dp/0394543416 The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius Xll, Mussolini, and Hitler, ...

The Watchmaker's Daughter, by Larry Loftis . This well written 2023 book takes place in WW2 Holland. It's the story of Corrie Ten Boom who followed her father trade as a watchmaker by day and by night she was associated with the Dutch Resistance. An interesting story about what life was like for the...