Steveawiggins

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• Witches of September

  

  I’ve never read any John Updike before. I understand that his novels foreground religion, which I didn’t realize. I have watched The Witches of Eastwick, in... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Insect Inside

  

  It seems a shame we don’t have an accurate name to classify all of them.  Insects, arachnids, and arthropods, I mean.  Those creatures smaller than us that... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Symphony of Horror

  

  Horror season is upon us.  One could argue that it never left since summer has its fair share of horror when air conditioning is required. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Like a Hurricane

  

  Around here we welcomed September in with the remains of Hurricane Ida.  For the second summer in a row, far inland, we’ve sustained hurricane damage. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who Ya Gonna Call?

  

  The haunting season is nearly upon us. Apart from the usual fun of ghost stories, those of us with appreciation of science wonder about whether there’s any... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Starting September

  

  The deep green of late summer has been starting to brown at the edges.  The process is a slow one, but it’s urged along by the Halloween decorations beginning t... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Classic Plural

  

  You might think that with our modern lifestyles, looking back would become passé.  Recently an article on Hyperallergic discussed “Ancient Greece and Rome Are... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Durable Goods

  

  So you bought something that worked.  It was a simple thing, but you bought it many years ago.  Then something happened and the thing got broke.  (This could... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Friendly Food

  

  The rain felt like relief after the most recent heat wave.  We’d long planned to attend the Easton VegFest regardless.  Summer is the season for street festival... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Making Excuses

  

  The internet, and computers in general, seem to think we’re dumb.  I say that because of the false information they routinely give.  I was recently on a... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Screening the Dark

  

  We’re spoiled. The intensity of our media experiences makes it nearly impossible to imagine the truth of stories that viewers fainted at films such as... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Conjuring

  

  It was an almost surreal experience. First of all, it’s been well over a year since I’ve been in a movie theater. Secondly, I’ve never been to this particular... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ever-Changing Skies

  The weather is something we like to think is trivial.  We’ve got more important things to do than worry about it.  Yet even our most important ways of dealing... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Day Long

  The summer solstice is always a bittersweet day.  The longest day of the year.  From now on the days will begin, almost imperceptibly at first, to get shorter. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Last Baptist?

  The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.  It’s the core of a powerful voting bloc that gave electoral (but... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Celebrate Freedom

  

  Perspective.  The most valuable thing I learned growing up was to try to see things from the perspective of others.  It’s the basis of sharing and empathy and... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All You Sea

  

  Speaking of large ships, in honor of World Ocean Day, which was June 8, I had planned to watch Seaspiracy. A Netflix original documentary, this really is a... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No, Uh, It Won’t

  

  Irony comes in all shapes and sizes.  Over the past several decades various fundamentalist groups have built replicas of what they believe to be life-size... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Story Power

  

  A story can change everything.  You see, we are story-telling creatures and if you want to sway someone a story is a far better means than a lecture. Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Unconventional Demon

  

  In my book Holy Horror I limited my discussion to fairly widely available and well-known films. Part of the reason for this is that nobody can watch all horror... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2021 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY