Thursday, July 14, 2022

POTD: Karnak Temple

From 2019 11 23 Luxor

Today's photo-of-the-day is Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. It's a massive complex, constructed over two millennia (1900 - 30 BCE).

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Come From Away (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes
Come From Away (2021): Stage musical about small town that opens their hearts and homes to passengers from 38 jumbo jets diverted to Newfoundland after 9/11. Story told through singing to the audience. Fast. Energetic. An uplifting tale out of tragedy. America needs this now. A-

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

POTD: Luxor Market Tailor Shop

From 2019 11 23 Luxor

Today's photo-of-the-day is from a market stall in Luxor, Egypt. No tailor was in sight.

Monday, July 11, 2022

POTD: Luxor Street Market

From 2019 11 23 Luxor

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Luxor, Egypt. Just a roadside street market.

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Review: Sea of Tranquility

From Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel:

Open quote Edwin St. John St. Andrew, eighteen years old, hauling the weight of his double-sainted name across the Atlantic by steamship, eyes narrowed against the wind on the upper deck: he holds the railing with gloved hands, impatient for a glimpse of the unknown, trying to discern something—anything!—beyond sea and sky, but all he sees are shades of endless gray." Sea of Tranquility
Amazon

A time travel story in which a glitch in time brings centuries together. And sends characters from earlier novels into alternate timelines. These stories slowly weave together into a mesmerizing whole. B+