Goodbye for Now…
Hi All, Those of you who saw my last blog post on Facebook already know this, but I’m putting the blog on hold for a while to pursue other projects. For one thing, I’ve recently acquired a new camera and intend to focus some time on my photo portfolio pages this winter. Thank you for […]
Adventures in Popular Fiction
Reading through today’s popular fiction is a rollercoaster ride best attempted with friends. These books fill up the window displays of your favorite bookshop beckoning you in with their brightly colored cover art. You get them as recommendations on Goodreads and see people reading them on the train to work. Yet the question persists, how […]
Character Reversals
*Spoiler Alert: this blog contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Episode 8.5 Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones packed a punch, offering up one of the most controversial (if not surprising) character reversals in the show’s eight season run. One of the most loved characters on the show, Daenerys Targaryen, took an abrupt shift […]
Les Mis Is Here to Stay
No doubt, you’ve heard this story before: a downtrodden ex-con is given a second chance in life thanks to the generosity of a benevolent priest. With his new found fortune, he transforms his life, turning away from selfish desires and dedicating himself to helping those in need. Victor Hugo’s much beloved book Les Misérables may […]
Why Documentaries are the Best
The theater was packed on a warm summer Tuesday night and there wasn’t a dry eye in the room. Why the widespread tears? The unbelievable, untainted niceness of Mr. Rogers. Won’t You Be My Neighbor went on to become the top grossing biographical documentary of all time. It tapped into a need on the part […]
The KonMari Method & Consumerism
The week that Netflix released Marie Kondo’s new series “Tidying Up,” thrift stores across the nation received a massive influx of donations. Based on her best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, which was translated into English from Japanese in 2014, the series inspired countless Americans to take stock of their possessions and shed unwanted […]
Revisiting Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Two years ago this fall, Netflix released Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as a treat for loyal fans who had followed the show for over a decade. They brought back the show’s original creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, who was clearly still bearing the wounds of her dramatic expulsion from Gilmore Girls’ final season. Expectations […]
Thoughts on John Oliver’s Sexual Harassment Episode
Living up to his usual high standard, John Oliver investigated another hard-hitting topic in his recent episode of Last Week Tonight which focused on sexual harassment against women in the workplace. As he emphatically repeated, this is a topic that needs to be discussed and the American public needs to take actions to stop this […]
In the Darkroom
I have a darkroom built into a tiny windowless spare kitchen at my family home in Washington state. It took nearly ten years to collect the equipment, lightproof the room, and seek out all of the necessary supplies and chemicals, but it is finally up and running. My father worked as a sports photographer in […]
Big Little Lies: Book vs. Show
HBO’s smash hit drama series Big Little Lies takes the original source material, the book by Liane Moriarty under the same title, and amps up the drama. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley, this prestige drama gained significant critical attention as it swept through awards season, upping HBO’s already formidable reputation for creating […]