I think of Anxious People (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) by Fredrik Backman as crime fiction. It is a hostage drama, after all, that starts with a…
Fire of Love, Moonage Daydream, and Free Chol Soo Lee
Fire of Love (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) is a terrific documentary I was planning to watch since it premiered in cinemas in July becoming…
The Last Movie Stars, The Hustler, and The Verdict
This six-part documentary series directed by Ethan Hawke, The Last Movie Stars (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️), enthralled me completely. The idea for the documentary…
Calypso by David Sedaris
I finally picked up David Sedaris’ Calypso (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) that everyone (by everyone I mean one YouTuber and a person on…
Southlake and Nice White Parents podcasts
Last year I read an article in the New Yorker The Rise of Black Homeschooling by Casey Parks, about a…
South Pacific and Mormons
It’s been a musical week for me, which I started with South Pacific (⭐️⭐️) at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. I was…
What Happened to You? and The Wisdom of Trauma
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) is a book I have recently finished and already…
Vivian Maier’s photography
Not sure if you have ever watched Finding Vivian Maier (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️), a 2013 Oscar-nominated documentary about a woman who worked…
The Uninhabitable Earth and thoughts on reporting on climate change
I listened to a US news podcast last week, as they were reporting on a July heatwave in the UK.…
Sherwood, I Was Never There, and The Good Boss
Over the last week, I watched Sherwood (2022), finished a podcast I Was Never There (2022), and went to the…