Guest author Shel Pais told me once that his father, who survived the Holocaust, had a tremendous impact on his life. Today, Shel writes historical fiction highlighting the discrimination Jews faced in a lesser known age: the Middle Ages. In this post, read what he has to say about his novel and the history that […]
I am home. I sit in the library in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, looking out the window at the snow and melting ice. Home is good. My brothers picked me up from the airport, and the minute we entered Rusk County, I felt the silence of the place—silence laid out like carpet, swathed in snow and sky.
I’m back in Boston after a relaxing and rejuvenating winter vacation at home with my family. Vacation gave me time to think, to talk a lot, to re-prioritize after the rush of studies when I sorta lost who I was and why I ever came to Boston in the first place. I didn’t think I
I promised six weeks ago that I would make a practice of doing a round-up every six weeks of things I loved from that period. Looks like it’s that time, so here goes! This week, I recommend: Boston Philharmonic: Okay, so I didn’t actually love the Boston Philharmonic that much, but my friends loved it,
Well, as life goes, I’ve been swept up and whisked away again. I missed posting last week altogether—but busy or no, I’ve had a good two weeks. I am slowly acclimating to the life of a student, and even working in—at a scaled-back level—some of my own writing projects. Today…ahem…I begin a new tradition. Every
Site Supported By 24x7 WP Support Desk