What Man of Steel Got Right

THIS POST HAS SPOILERS.  GREAT BIG SPOILERY-SPOILERS.  MEGA-MONDO-HUGE SPOILERS OF A MOST SPOILERIFIC NATURE. Okay?  Okay. In the interests of full disclosure, I will say that Christopher Reeves will always be My Superman.  So, I was torn about going to see Man of Steel.  But, lately, super hero movies have gotten so much better, which […]

The Lunch Post

I’m not quite a foodie.  I would kind of like to be a foodie.  I love food and cooking, I adore eating out.  I read chef memoirs and I’m addicted to the show Chopped.  But I’m not quite adventurous enough to be a True Foodie, and try as I might I can’t take stuff like […]

Reading the Regency — Gretna Green in Novel Form

I’ve developed a new book addiction. I’ve always liked old books.  Really old books.  I admit it.  I learned to read out of the Wizard of Oz, grew up on Alice in Wonderland and E. Nesbitt and company.  As an adult, I discovered Bronte, Austen, Gaskell, and, of course, Shakespere.  What I didn’t know until […]