Best Tea for Surviving Chiberia (and other cold places) by Heather M. Surls Chiberia, n. a term coined by NWS meteorologist Ricky Castro (on his way to work) before the 1/6/2014 polar vortex outbreak. The City of Chicago and greater suburban areas reached air temperatures around -15 degree Fahrenheit, combined with wind chills down to -50 […]
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“Why I laugh?” -H. Simpson by Stephen Simons I’m not a Parks and Rec fan. Oops . . . Did you hear that? It was the sound of half the readers of this post suddenly turning hostile. I tried to be a fan. Maybe, only because I watched a YouTube video of Ron Swanson quotes and […]
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Headed for Destruction by James Roland Anthony Buckley found treasure in a dusty Pittsburgh warehouse. His journey spanned two years and three countries as he searched storage areas in New York, London, and Dublin before finally tracking down Wake in Fright, a film that he’d edited forty years before. From a large box labeled “For […]
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True Talent, True Entertainment, True Grit by Abigail Beck When my writing professor at college gave me a copy of True Grit as a graduation gift, I had no idea what I was getting into. For years I’d been telling myself that I didn’t like to read, but I was already on the path to […]
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Eius Paenitentiam by Andrew Collins The Drop (in theaters) is a dark look back into a world whose Godfather-esque heyday has passed yet continues to linger in New York City’s neighborhoods. Generations stack up upon each other and forge deep family ties. Cops and mobsters attend Mass every morning. Money changes hands unseen, according to a secret […]
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Maybe Incognito By Titus Daniel Gee Jimmy’s secret life began in the first house, not the rambling estate of his junior high and high school years. No, before that. At his first place, the little split-level tract home on a quarter acre that his dad referred to as “the postage stamp.” It started – perhaps […]
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On My Surly Part Jack H. Simons (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)
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“It is important that I have my tisane punctually.” ~David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly Best Tea for Solving Mysteries by Abigail Beck Agatha Christie’s portly detective is notorious for drinking his herbal infusions, so I suppose I was in good company when I got up in the middle of […]
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Poem: I Believe in Art by Jack Simons Especially when Mozart or Bach With complex musical reason Inflame my spirit, and I catch the logic Of holy counterpoint, and hear the heavens Opening their eternity to my crabbed spirit, I rise to meet the sun that has yet to show Itself in the darkened […]
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Star-Crossed Chemo by Andrew Collins The Fault in Our Stars explores the psyche of the teenage cancer patient. For those of us whose inner circle has not been visited by the Big C, encounters with cancer can tend toward the distant — a sentimental charity ad, a scripted request at the grocery store checkout. We […]
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