Category Archives: writers

What an amazing book!

Posted on January 19, 2023 by maryjorabe

If you think that the brilliant writer Susan J. Kroupa has a special insight regarding the minds of teenagers and dogs, you are only partly correct. She also has an amazing knowledge of indigenous American spirituality and Irish lore and … Continue reading →

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Book Review Tule Fog Tales, Issue One

Posted on August 29, 2020 by maryjorabe

Hoping to reactivate my blog, I have another book review to post. I don’t write many reviews, but sometimes I like a book well enough. Tule Fog Tales, Issue One Lyndon Perry’s collection of speculative short stories, published by Tule … Continue reading →

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Denglish, Part 1

Posted on August 24, 2017 by maryjorabe

Now that I have reanimated my blog and am multi-tasking like crazy (I’ve read that multi-tasking only works for women in their twenties, and that ship has long since sailed, but I can’t resist the temptation), I want to start … Continue reading →

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Two more entertaining books

Posted on March 17, 2015 by maryjorabe

I still wish I had time for my blog, but since I can’t even squirrel away time for writing letters, e-mails,  or stories, it doesn’t seem realistic to promise that I will be writing much before I finally retire on December 1, … Continue reading →

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Two entertaining books

Posted on May 17, 2013 by maryjorabe

I’m still not able to write the blog I want to write (Inetbib 2013); life keeps getting in the way, one aspect of which was a fantastic writing workshop I attended in Lincoln City, Oregon, about which I also don’t … Continue reading →

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Anticipation

Posted on February 17, 2013 by maryjorabe

It might be an age thing. “Anticipation” first reminds me of the Carole King song and then of the ketchup commercial. But I think anticipation is one of the greatest feelings human beings are privileged to enjoy. You don’t want … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Weakland’s Autobiography

Posted on January 20, 2013 by maryjorabe

Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop by Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., http://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Church-Memoirs-Catholic-Archbishop/dp/0802863825/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top I don’t do a lot of book reviews, but I decided to make an exception for Archbishop Weakland’s excellent autobiography. Intrigued by a recommendation … Continue reading →

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