Backstage with Tom Gray
Spending time with a bluegrass legend.
Author: DJB
Paradise is not always what it seems
Retired Chicago policeman Cal Hooper finds a small Irish village isn’t as bucolic as he imagined.
From accumulation to abundance
“What if scarcity is just a cultural construct, a fiction that fences us off from a better way of life?”
Observing history through a wider lens
European military historian Jeremy Black, MBE answers my questions about his new work, “The Civil War.”
May the wind always be at your back . . . but not too much wind
Photographs and music to remember our most recent visit to the Emerald Isle.
A love letter to human intimacy and connection
A novel of hope for connection even when we find ourselves in a place of intense loneliness and isolation.
Expect the unexpected
Daniel Mendelsohn has written a brave and accessible memoir about journeys and relationships.
I love Paris in the fall
Views from our recent twelve days in Paris.
From the bookshelf: September 2025
It is my intention to read five books each month. See what made the cut in September.
Let’s treasure books, not ban them
Make books your treasure and bookshelves your gardens of delight.
MORE TO COME... 