Archive for November, 2015
Spotlight on Renee Canter Johnson, Novelist
First in a series of interviews with “Writing from the Heart” alums, featuring their stories and their work…
Paris Under Attack Again…
“…a few of the thoughts my family and friends have shared in the aftermath of the dreadful events of November 13 in Paris…”
Continue Reading November 19, 2015 at 7:10 am Leave a comment
In France, It’s Still Called Armistice Day…
The war memorial in our little village in Champagne is much like the war memorials found in every little village in France I’ve ever been in: on three sides of the base are carved the names of those who gave their lives “pour la France” during World War I. On the fourth side, the names of those lost in World War II…
A Interview with Dorothy James, author of the Vienna Mystery series
“I did want to entertain, I wanted even to be funny, to make people laugh, but I could not altogether break free of a lifetime of trying to convey serious ideas…I hope my mysteries are fun to read, but they are also in their way serious inquiries into certain aspects of living and dying…”
Continue Reading November 8, 2015 at 4:34 am Leave a comment
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 