Nows and Forevers

Forty years ago this week, Thompson Twins proved they weren’t a one-hit wonder with their No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Lay Your Hands on Me.” Take out the pure ‘80s-ness of the video — and yes, there’s a lot of it — it’s also a soulful song that steps ever so close the faith Continue reading

NaNoWriMo will soon be no more. For many people who love to write, whether they want to write a book or not, National Novel Writing Month had been a cultural touchstone and a fun sprint of 50,000 words every November. But the site announced this past week that it would be shutting down after 26 Continue reading

I’m not one for mysteries and true crime, maybe because I used to cover and write about it for a living and I got a bellyful years ago. But I have always liked Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett and Ross McDonald in print and pretty much everything I’ve seen of film noir. “The Maltese Falcon” Continue reading