There have been plenty of movies made about Christmas or set during the Christmas season. Yet there are very few which are considered Christmas classics. I have my favorites. I’m sure you have yours. Some years back I asked my friends on Facebook what their number one “must watch” Christmas movie is. Here’s the list […]
Wandering though a Barnes & Noble on my way home the other night I saw to my delight that Michael Connelly has a new book out. It’s titled “The Wrong Side of Goodbye” and features Connelly’s hero detective, Heronimous “Harry” Bosch. Maybe you’re familar with Bosch from the Amazon series of the same title. I’ve […]
75 years ago today December 7th became the date that would live in infamy. On that Sunday morning in 1941, the United States Navy Base at Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Empire of Japan. 2,403 Americans were killed, pulling American into the world war that was already raging in Europe and Asia. That war […]
Nothing can ruin a good story or series of stories like an unnecessary sequels or prequels. Therefore I was apprehensive about eighth Harry Potter story that came forth as a stage play this summer. J.K. Rowling’s seven book Harry Potter series wrapped up perfectly at the close of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. What […]
When we think of the story of Thanksgiving, our minds often recall what we learned at school about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians in Plymouth celebrating a feast of thanksgiving. However Thanksgiving didn’t become an American holiday until 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed “the last Thursday of November” as a day of “Thanksgiving […]
