Culture • Popular Culture Hold On to that Holiday Hygge Erin Rodewald | 9 min read I don’t want Christmas to end! Those were the tearful words from my youngest daughter one December 26, as she stood forlornly in front of the Christmas tree. Remnants of... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The World of Our Lives, and Past Lives Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Movies, movies and more movies — and the 21st-century has given us platforms and possibilities that are overwhelming. Our local theaters still, but now PBS, Amazon, Acorn, Netflix, and BritBox... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Gods and Gangsters Heidi Wong | 6 min read Not Suitable for Family Time! The Crown has been thrilling — watching (sometimes fictionalized) tensions behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace — but a different Netflix account of “royalty” at... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The Delight of Reading Rediscovered Erin Rodewald | 12 min read Americans have a reading problem. For starters, fewer of us can be found with our noses in a book these days. According to a recent Gallup poll, book readership is... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture On “The Banshees of Inisherin” Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Windswept. Having felt the Atlantic Ocean winds across my face, enamored by the coastline of Ireland, breathing deeply of its bracing air all day long, I know that those who... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Bah Humbug: Cards, Letters and Things Remembered Erin Rodewald | 9 min read I‘d like to report a bit of bah humbug that has me particularly troubled. In recent years, I’ve noticed fewer and fewer Christmas cards landing in my mailbox. At first,... Continue Reading
