On October 25, we arrived from the Big Island of Hawaii to our new home in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada, except we’re not yet...

A young New York girl is safe after being kidnapped at a state park. Her story ignited angry memories about a similar attempt to abduct me.

Past lives is the mature love story about two Korean childhood sweethearts who can't get the other out of their hearts and minds,.

If you think it is savvy political policy to: Denigrate higher education and bad-mouth climate science by calling it "elitism," Restrict...

I so dislike the term "pro-life" because most of us are "pro-life," in that we want all lives to be nurtured and respected. But what the...

Why Did I Swear at a Stranger, but More Importantly, Where Can I Stream "MI-5"?

One other Oscar-nominated film Bill and I streamed recently was The Triangle of Sadness. I'm not going to delve deeply into this one. It...

Summary: Set in 1923, on a remote island near the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees Of Inisherin follows lifelong buddies Padraic...

A Pat-Oh-Meter Review of "The Fabelmans." Our Tuesday night streaming of the Oscar-nominated film was “The Fablemans,” written, directed,...

A Pat-Oh-Meter Review War is Hell. War is gruesome. War is futile. Politicians are fools. Generals are obsessives. We've seen these...

A Pat-Oh-Meter Review First off, the title should be modified to say, "Everything Everywhere All at Once Over and Over and Way too Long."...

If you have not yet seen "Hamilton," do. You will be amazed and enlightened, especially if you do a bit of prep first. It's a fun show, very

May Donald Trump's announcement to run for the White House be as much of a failure as Ford's launch of the Edsel.

I took great pleasure in deactivating my Twitter account on November 3, 2022. I'm not a celebrity, so my 1,100 followers may not even...

I joined a writers group, thinking I'd meet critique partners, sell my novels from the group's table at area farmers markets, and be...

I'm an author. I write and sell books. One of the tenets of marketing your books is not to take political stands, for fear you will...

The Hubster and I are watching the "Atlantic Crossing" series on Masterpiece, a historical drama about an apparent romance between FDR...

My husband and I are fulfilling a bucket list dream of moving to the Big Island of Hawaii. According to plans, we will arrive Oct. 23....

Editor's Note: This article was originally written in 2019, and edited again on Feb. 7, 2022, to update some missing links. Hopefully,...

Conversation starter: the letter to Joe Biden from 100 black "leaders," telling Biden that he must choose a Black VP or he'll lose the...