Steveawiggins

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• The Original

  

  A dozen years ago, I had a novel under contract.  I write my fiction under a pseudonym, of course.  I was thrilled because I had never seen the conceit (in the... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Book Writing

  

  Not everyone wants to write a book.  A great number of people, however, do possess that desire.  Or that desire possesses them—that’s often more accurate.  For... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Self Finding

  

  I had occasion to peruse the Dictionary of American Family Names recently. I realize that other people’s genealogy is generally boring, so I won’t provide the... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Feeling Chilly?

  

  David Cronenberg perhaps defies the tame image we tend to have of Canadians. I know that’s a parochial thing to say, perhaps reflecting my lifelong admiration o... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hard to Say

  

  There’s no easy way to say this, so I probably shouldn’t try at all.  Still, I feel compelled to.  You see, I’ve sat on admissions committees and I’ve written m... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Balance

  

  Psych!  Yesterday was actually the vernal equinox.  And speaking of psychs, it was about the coldest morning jog I’ve had all winter.  (The equinox itself didn’... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Moments of Happiness

  

  “When happiness shows up, give it a comfortable seat,” Fezziwig says.  I wonder just how much like old Ebenezer Scrooge I am—apart from the abundant money, of... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Once More

  

  I think this is the last of my recent nostalgia reads for a while. When trying to recapture the feeling of watching that first season of Sleepy Hollow without... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wicker Man Comes

  

  Not that I would know bodily, but it seems like a book being published is something like giving birth.  It takes several months (perhaps years, in the case of... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Old Library Books

  

  There’s a quiet joy to it.  Even if they have other people’s markings in them, books I obtain ex libris are among my personal treasures. They bring back memorie... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Human Capital, Are You?

  

  Human capital.  Is there any more demeaning phrase?  Those in positions of political authority like to use the term.  To grow the economy, to people the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Handle with Care

  

  It reminds me of that old Traveling Wilburys’ song, “Handle with Care.”  Hate is a strange and dangerous motivator.  It’s something that makes me consider demon... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Content Creation

  

  Those who know me know my stand on books.  I’m pretty much defined by them.  I hope my blog makes that clear.  I’m always amazed, however, when someone happens... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Silicon Or Paper?

  

  Most of us follow blindly through this tech jungle.  We do it, I suppose, because there are rewards for having the world of information and entertainment at you... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Love’s Life

  

  One of the things about literary classics is they open themselves to reinterpretation. It’s often a lot of fun to trace these. Andi Marquette is obviously an... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monster Bride

  

  I’ve been taken with Ed Wood lately. It’s quite possible, lost somewhere in my memory banks, that I saw one of his movies as a kid. If I did it would’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Off with Their

  

  “Heads, I win,” is common enough as a call for flipping a coin. That element of chance plays through Regina Janes’ Losing Our Heads: Beheadings in Literature an... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• I P.M. Therefore I A.M.

  

  While I seldom have occasion to count beyond ten, I sometimes think the 24-hour clock would be a better option.  Since we have to face another major time... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Just Justice

  

  I don’t mean to be insensitive, but there’s so many injustices to address.   We need better vocabulary for the victims of patriarchy.  And patriarchy tends to b... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Too Haunted

  

  It’s past the season, I know. But I have no control on when streaming services acquire new titles. So it was winter by the time I saw Haunt. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY