Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Was Comes” Wows Audiences at The Barter
#BarterTheatre #RayBradbury #SomethingWicked Breathtaking production values are both the strength and the weakness in The Barter’s current presentation of Something Wicked This Way Came. The costumes transport the audience beyond the nostalgic world of the 1950s, the time period for the play, into a fantasy world full of amazing and frightening creatures. Act I begins…
Read MoreCertainty Never a Given in Remarriage
#Divorce #Remarriage #Therapy #Doubt “You didn’t!” a friend exclaimed when I told her that I posted my most recent article. “I’d have thought you’d write it and throw it away.” “Why? It was part of my life, all those years ago.” “But why now, so long . . . What, over 30 years . .…
Read MoreCaptivated by Marilyn – A Brief Biography of Gary Vitacco-Robles
#sexsymbol #marilynmonroe #fifties #cinema This is the third in a series about Gary Vitacco-Robles, the author of the monumental biography ICON:The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe, Volumes I and II. I have reviewed both volumes and published two segments of my interview with Vitacco-Robles. In this installment, I asked him to share something…
Read MoreOverdose Caused Marilyn Monroe’s Death – Suicide Still a Doubt
#Overdose #Suicide #MarilynMonroe This is the second installment of an interview with Author Gary Vitacco-Robles. In earlier posts, we reviewed Volume I and Volume II of his definitive biography, Icon: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe. In this installment, the author responds to our questions about the star, her psychological profile and…
Read MoreMarilyn Monroe – Causes of Tragic Suicide
#sexualabuse #MarilynMonroe #sexsymbol #suicide Marilyn Monroe is arguably the most well-known celebrity of all time in the entertainment industry. Her achievements as an actress have earned her recognition and honors throughout the world. The popularity of her films, thanks to the availability of DVD versions and streaming services, ranks high against the many legends of…
Read MoreMarilyn Monroe – A Definitive New Biography by Vitacco-Robles
#MarilynMonroe #Movies #Hollywood Marilyn Monroe is an enigmatic figure in the history of the entertainment industry. Half a century has passed since her death, yet she is remembered today as if she were yet alive. Her story has evolved into legend. Breathtakingly beautiful, talented and charismatic, she begins her career in the heyday advent of…
Read MoreThe Honeymoon – A biographical novel of the life of George Eliot
#georgeeliot #marianevans #engishlit George Eliot’s Silas Marner was required reading in English lit when I was a sophomore in high school in the 1055. Written in the previous century, there was no way we guys would admit to liking the book. It was so old. Nothing in the days of George Eliot had any bearing…
Read MoreBlack Panthers at War – General Patton’s African-American Tankers
Mention the Black Panthers, and anyone born after World War II will probably recall the political party that was founded as part of the Black Power movement in the 1960s. Less likely is that anyone recalls a group of African-American G. I. tankers who fought under General George Patton in his armor campaign in Europe…
Read MoreBlending Families Successfully – Destined to be a Classic
#blendingfamily #stepparent #remarriage #stepchildren Blending Families Successfully, by George S. Glass, published in 2014, deserves much more attention than it is getting for all the wisdom brimming between its covers. Dr. Glass is a board-certified psychiatrist with years of experience in counseling parents and individual clients. In Blending Families, he gets out from behind the…
Read MoreMichael Sears “Saving Jason” Doesn’t Raise the Bar
#michaelsears #pennystock Saving Jason by Michael Sears is a fast-paced, contemporary mystery that most readers will find hard to set aside. Sears covers all the bases for the genre in this, his fourth novel. Jason Stafford, his hero, is a wealthy New Yorker with a tragic past. His first wife, a model (of course), was…
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