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I’ve never met Thomas Treadwell in person, but I follow his all-star posts in a metal-detecting group on Facebook and know that this guy doesn’t just write about treasure-hunting pirates, he is one through and through. When I saw that … Continue reading
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I consider this coming-of-age novel one of the most influential in my life. Set in 1st century Israel, The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Spear (1961) won the 1962 Newberry Medal, and it’s no surprise why. Continue reading
I chose to read this novel as I also worked my way slowly through the Gospel of Mark. My method of late has been to try to pray through a paragraph of the Gospel or so, placing myself on those … Continue reading
If you love historical fiction with a grungy, violent bent, then Bernard Cornwell is for you! I was first introduced to Cornwell through his Saxon Series depicting the conquests of the Vikings across the English Isles. As thoroughly fascinating as … Continue reading
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“Alaska did not produce supermen, but in its formative periods it was served by men of character and determination, and it is a fortunate land which knows such public servants.” (365) This has been my third experience with the mind … Continue reading
“At the age of nineteen I saw my first bullfight, and it provided everything I was looking for. Courage, drama, spectacle.” (p.416) I have visited Mexico twice, each time in years of comparable peace and safety. The Juarez of 1996 … Continue reading
