Steveawiggins

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• Eclecticism

  

  Eclectic.  An eclectic approach is experiential.  I don’t mean to be obscure here, but I was once an academic.  Let me try to spell this out a little more... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• After It’s News

  

  We live our lives by the news cycle.  It tells us what to think about and worry about, often beyond our local, daily concerns.  And sometimes we forget about... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Subconscious Humor

  

  It’s good to know your subconscious has a sense of humor.  What with all that’s going on in the world these days, God knows we could use a laugh or two.  At... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Hollow West

  

  You’ve got to admire those who are determined to be writers on their own terms. As someone who’s tried and tried again to break into even indie presses, I know... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Excuses

  

  Perhaps it was my Shingrix-addled brain—but we all know that’s an excuse—I decided to watch Creature (1985) and Attack of the Giant Leeches (timeless) over the... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lost Day

  

  There’s a continuity of life and we’re used to it with only small, regular interruptions, such as a night’s sleep.  Each day builds on the previous one with... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Roman Mythology

  

  A recent game of Redactle led to a family discussion of Roman mythology.  I had to flex some muscles unused since my last full semester at Rutgers, but I was... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Opinion Piece

  

  There comes a time, I hope, when the opinion of someone with over four-and-a-half decades of intensive reading experience, might matter. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Daily Show

  

  Long ago—over a dozen years now—I decided this blog would receive daily updates.  Some of the more successful blogs out there receive multiple daily updates, bu... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hiding What?

  

  Who are we? Do we really show ourselves to others, or do we wear masks? That question applies to horror films as well as to everyday life. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• O Viy

  

  Viy is a most unusual movie. I’m talking about the 1967 version, of course. Filmed and produced in the USSR, it was, by many counts, the first Soviet horror... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tuning Up

  

  Climate change is marked by its erratic behavior.  I can relate.  Nevertheless, one of my favorite things in the whole wide world is the slow transition of... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ode to Auld Reekie

  

  Edinburgh is a sizable city, although not large like New York, more like Boston, but smaller.  Like Boston, it has had an outsized influence globally, even apar... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fictional Truth

  

  In honor of Banned Book Week I read Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Funny and poignant, it tells the story of Arnold Spirit... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Things Being

  

  “Equal” and “night,” in their Latin forms, give us the word “equinox.”  Today we enter the darker half of the year.  Interestingly, of the so-called “quarter... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Express Yourself

  

  Do you ever get excited by an idea only to be let down when it comes to the execution?  I suspect that’s a standard human experience.  For me it often happens... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Novelization

  

  It must be both difficult and easy writing the novelization of a movie. I suppose it depends on the movie as well. Sleepy Hollow is a film based on a story... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who’s Calling?

  

  The first twenty minutes are impossibly scary. I didn’t see When A Stranger Calls back in 1979, when it came out. I prefer my monsters in non-human form, thank... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Banning Together

  

  Banned Book Week starts today.  As the political situation in this country continues to deteriorate into a Republican fascination with fascism, we find books... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whence Dawn?

  

  It’s rare, but that’s often what makes things so special.  Because of the way my mind works, I can’t have background music on when I work.  My concentration... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY