What goes through your mind when you hear the immortal words of, “Let’s go to the Olive Garden because Aunt Betty likes it,” or “I’ve…
Are You A Chain Restaurant Snob?
Posted in Society and Morals, and Spotlight on Food
Great Minds And Thinkers Posts
April showers are strange in that they come and go so randomly while the sun shines, and the air is humid. I sit here and…
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy ~ An Overview
Posted in Book Reviews, and Philosophy
The mere mention of a Russian novel immediately conjures up images of doom and gloom, serfdom, countless unpronounceable aristocratic names and titles, and copious amounts…
Today is International Women’s Day, and as a female I should be excited or at least enthusiastic, yet I’m not. I’m an advocate for justice…
Arbonne and How To Lose Friendships
Posted in Beauty, and Business and Law
One of the reasons why I deactivated my Facebook account was the sheer number of folks in my network who had jumped on the Arbonne…
A decidedly chilly February in Congress and the EU at least
Posted in From The Editor's Perspective, and World Affairs
It’s hard to keep up with things in the White House, but another firing looks imminent, the shutdown was short, but it’s effects will still…
Spiral (Engrenages) Season 6 Review
Posted in Media Spotlight, and Television Reviews
If you’ve not heard of this series and love a good and gripping down to earth crime series, then you will enjoy Spiral /Engrenages. Based…
January 2018…So Far
Posted in From The Editor's Perspective, and World Affairs
It’s the middle of January and so how has the New Year started off? We left 2017 in a bit of a mess and sadly…
The Last Jedi ~ Is There Any Hope?
Posted in Films, and Media Spotlight
After the dreadfully clichéd ‘The Force Awakens’ which was over hyped to say the least, my hopes for ‘The Last Jedi’ weren’t particularly high. I…
There’s just a few days left in 2017 and I still haven’t started ‘War and Peace’ although I am more than half way through ‘Resurrection’…