Posts Tagged ‘love’
Lesbian and Gay in 1950’s Hollywood: “My Life With Stella Kane” by Linda Morganstein — A Review
Nina Weise is 20, beautiful, intelligent, and connected. On summer break, she travels to California to work with her cousin Elaine, a publicist for some of the brightest stars in cinema. Elaine’s father runs Lumina Studio. Gay and Lesbian Elaine assigns Nina to handle publicity for Stella Kane, a stunning beauty and rising star. Nina…
Read MoreLosing a Pet — Every Owner’s Dread
Losing a pet is painful. I had to give up my dog Jessie. She had lost control of her bowels. We never had any problems during the six years she lived with us as an inside dog. We did not know anything about her history, however, because she was a rescue. The veterinarian estimated her…
Read MoreMarilyn Monroe — Icon: The Life, Times and Movies of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe died on August 5, 1962, yet she has remained alive in the minds and hearts of people throughout the world ever since. While 600 books have been published about the actress, Gary Vitacco-Robles’ biography, Icon: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe, is a prodigious achievement that easily relegates the efforts of…
Read MoreWilliam H. Coles'”Guardian of Deceit” — Reviewed by John J. Hohn
Lies often begin as simple secrets. In William H. Coles’ novel, Guardian of Deceit, most characters want to keep something about themselves secret from the rest of the world. Coles’ characters are phenomena of the moment, to be taken as presented, often with little or no history to account for who they are or the…
Read MorePropinquity — John Macgregor’s Exciting Mystery about The Holy Grail — A Review
This review of Propinquity by John Macgregor first appeared on www.Bookpleasures. com I have added some comments to the original here because I do not have the space constraints. For centuries the Monks of Joseph of Arimathea guarded a secret – The Holy Grail is in their possession, but it is not a vessel. It…
Read MoreTwo Poems — One Explained; a Second Challenges Explanations
I have been writing poetry since I was a boy in elementary school. There have been times where poetry came easily, flowed right out of the daily events in my life. At other times, I felt as though I was hammering words into place, pounding the lines into shape in the hopes that I would…
Read MoreMeet Barbara Hinske, Author of Coming To Rosemont — A Debut Novel
Somewhere in a crabby moment, I wrote that the self-publishing industry exists for those who work in it; namely, the printers, publicists, promoters, contest sponsors, etc. A horde awaits the arrival of every neophyte author into the arena, eager to capitalize on the writer’s aspirations, ignorance, and boundless belief in self. All of that is…
Read MoreBarter Theater Stage II Presentation of “The Gin Game” — A Review
Perhaps a member of the audience needs to be at least 70 years old to realize that Director Eugene Wolfe missed the point of D. L. Coburn’s award winning play, “The Gin Game,” as it is currently being presented at The Barter Theater Stage II. Wolf failed to grasp that he had three actors on…
Read MoreA Great Beach Read by San Alini, “A Husband by Midnight” — A Review
Betty Sallas is single and successful editor at a New York City publisher. She awakens on the morning of her 40th birthday in the grips of a hangover to find a hulk of guy in her kitchen, a guy who came to fix the plumbing at her mother’s request as it turns out. Something about…
Read MoreAtheist Libertarian Golf Addict Befriends Liberal Agnostic — Part II
#atheist #agnostic #libertarian #liberal #golf #gold This is the second and final part to a article posted earlier entitled “Atheist Libertarian Golf Addict Befriends Agnostic Liberal on Golf Course.’’ Readers who have not read the previous post, are urged to do so before tackling the conclusion presented here. Harry was troubled that our society was…
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