Steveawiggins

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• Truth and Belief

  

  I met Claire Donner the way I meet most people these days.  Online.  I’m not sure how she found me in this dusty little corner of the internet, but she has one... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Unhallow

  

  The thing about classics is they’re open to interpretation. And expansion. Since taking an interest in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On Offer

  

  Feeling a bit overwhelmed by various January blues, I took me to my homegrown therapy of watching horror. The newly released The Offering raises many questions... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Point of It

  

  It’s not difficult to feel overwhelmed by the scope of the problem.  Race was a construct developed to oppress.  The intention was to keep those of non-European... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Annihilated

  

  For a long time I resisted seeing it. Partially I wasn’t sure if it was any good and partially—mainly—it was because of spoilers. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Missing Thoughts

  

  Photo by Alberto Bobbera on UnsplashWhere do thoughts go?  Like many people who write, I carry a notebook with me to try to catch fleeting thoughts that make... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Feeling Disney

  

  What’s the earliest Disney movie you remember seeing? If you’re my generation this will’ve likely been in a theater since home recording wasn’t a thing yet. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not in My House

  

  I had a friend in seminary—nameless here because I mention no non-public figures without their permission—who invited me over for movies. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Addiction

  

  I’m an addict.  It runs in the family.  My addiction, though, is learning new things.  Research, it seems, comes naturally to some and not to others.  Like any... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Like a Splinter

  

  I saw that it was based on a novel by Ira Levin, and it was free on Amazon Prime, so I watched it. I’m not sure Sliver did much for me, however. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Prompts

  

  Perhaps it’s because maybe a half-dozen times in the past two years I’ve forgotten to click “publish,” or maybe everyone gets this, but WordPress started... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Diabolical

  

  Diabolique, the 1996 remake, is sometimes tagged as horror. It’s also considered drama and a thriller, so how you classify it has some flexibility. One thing... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hidden Talent

  

  It’s difficult to imagine any corporation with a more powerful influence on children than Disney. It catches us early and forms our first impressions on plenty... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Virtually Taxed

  

  Nobody ever explained it to me.  DVDs, with no moving parts, can still go bad.  Having amassed a library of them over the years, and storing them the recommende... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Skin Deep

  

  The thing about art-house movies is they’re meant to be discussed. I spend a lot of time alone and I watch most of my movies alone. There’s a kind of danger in... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Horseman

  

  You’d think it’d be obvious, but it took me some time to realize that when a story’s being retold in a literary context, the point isn’t to restate the... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Take the Tour

  

  If you read my blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, or Goodreads (Hi, y’all!), you may not be aware of my actual website.  Now I have no kind of fame, no matter... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Making Meaning

  

  The last book I slipped in under the wire of 2022 was Philip Ball’s excellent The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Writing 2023

  

  I don’t put a great deal of stock in either round numbers or random passings of time, such as New Year’s Day.  Don’t get me wrong—I’m glad for the holiday—but... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading 2022

  

  Reading.  The crank of time seems to rotate faster each year.  For me, it’s noticeable when I look back on my year in books.  I find Goodreads indispensable... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY