SHIMMERS IN THE DARKNESS

Have you ever seen that show Storage Wars? It airs on A&E and is described on their website as an “original real-life series…which fo...

Jess Walter’s new novel, Beautiful Ruins , begins on the banks of a sleepy Italian town once named for its proliferation of prostitutes...

Mary Flannery O’Connor lived from 1925 to 1964, a short life with its share of hardship and tragedy. When she was fifteen, her father die...

For those of you following our adventures via social media, you know that my son Teagan and I just returned from a mini-vacation to Aust...

Have you ever owned a box fan? You know the type—looks like a big box with a fan housed inside. You can prop it inside a window frame t...