Monthly Archives: September 2013
Bechdel’s ‘Are You My Mother?’ – It’s Not Quite ‘Fun Home’
The first time I read Fun Home by Alison Bechdel I was blown away. It was like nothing I had ever read. So when I heard she had a new book out, this time about her mother, I rushed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Bechdel, Are You My Mother?, Bechdel, book, book review, comic book, Fun Home, graphic memoir, Literature, memoir
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Things I Have Learned Living Through a Natural Disaster
Floods are a strange form of disaster. Unlike tornadoes or hurricanes or fires, it’s completely safe to go outside during a flood provided you’re not walking into any moving water. As long as there’s no lightning at the moment and … Continue reading
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Tagged boulder, Boulder Creek, Boulder Flood, colorado, Colorado Flood, flood, flooding, Mountains, natural disaster, personal essay, property damage, rain, water
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Still Haunted, 60 Years Later
It’s really kind of remarkable that Shirley Jackson is able to give us chills even sixty years after her time, sixty years full of horror movies and CGI and shifting cultural standards pushing the thriller genre further than I’m sure … Continue reading
Diana Nyad: Different from the Rest
There are days when I think that the human drive to push boundaries and defy limitations is at best foolish and at worst destructive. Go forth, explore the world, conquer the west, master flight, split the atom, invent the internet. … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing, Cuba to Florida, defy limits, defy odds, Diana Nyad, hopeful, human nature, inspiring, push boundaries, swim, world record
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A Method In It. (I think) 