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The lighter side of Mother’s Day
I’ve spent several hours reading Mother’s Day coverage in the major newspapers. There was an article of a woman clearing out her deceased mom’s belongings. How a grieving Orca reminds a mother of the death of her child. One advises … Continue reading
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Back… well, maybe soon.
In February 2020, I wrote a long post about an exhibit at the National Museum of Asian Art about a wonderful Syrian/Iraq exhibit involving ISIS destruction. Then came the pandemic, COVID-19, the coronavirus, staying at home, the election, the endless … Continue reading
2019 – the end, 2020 – a beginning
Even for a person who has spent the last 40+ years in genre fandom such as Doctor Who, Star Wars, X-Men, Avengers, 2019 was a memorable year for endings. I’ve been a Star Wars fan from 1976 when I first … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, History, Journalism, Marvel Cinematic Universe, movies, Star Wars, Uncategorized
Tagged Doctor Who, fandom, Star Wars
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Hokusai the master
In the time between Christmas and New Year’s, there is usually chaos in Washington D.C.. Gift returns, shopping for yourself, watching streaming television… it’s exhausting. So take some time out for peace and beauty. Go see Hokusai, Mad About Painting. … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, art, Asian art, Freer Gallery of Art, Japan, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Tagged Freer Gallery of Art, Hokusai, Japanese art
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Summer reading is mostly memoirs
I read a lot but too much of it is on my computer. So I choose carefully when I decide to pick a up a book, and am likely to put one down if I am not taken with it. … Continue reading
Coming this April strong women abound on SF and Fantasy screens
Captain Marvel. Wonder Woman. Princess Leia. Shuri. Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow. Mon Mothma. Okoye. Arya Stark, Elsa, Maz Kanata. In the last decade, there has been an explosion of strong women in movie and television’s science fiction/fantasy genre. (I … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Fantasy, Marvel Cinematic Universe, movies, Star Wars, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Who, Star Wars, television, women
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Make time for the Empresses of China
“The only person the Emperor would bow to is his mother,” says Jan Stuart, the Melvin R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art. That is real power. Along with co-curator Daisy Yiyou Wang of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Asian art, Freer Gallery of Art, Sackler Museum, Uncategorized
Tagged china, Chinese art, Empress, exhibit, Sackler
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A service for the end of World War I
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns fell silent. The Veterans Day memorial service for WWI Armistice Day Centennial was held at the Washington National Cathedral started with the boom of drums that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized, World War I
Tagged Armistice Day, National Cathedral, World War I
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Inspiration for Star Wars fangirls… and other dreamers
It’s Your Universe, You Have The Power To Make It Happen by Ashley Eckstein. For those unfamiliar with the name, Ashley Eckstein is the actress who voiced the Star Wars animated character Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: Clones, and in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Star Wars, Uncategorized
Tagged Ahsoka Tano, Ashley Eckstein, autobiography, Clones, Rebels, Star Wars
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Even the saga of Middle-Earth comes to an end (maybe)
The Lord of the Rings saga written by noted fantasy writer, and Oxford Professor, the late J.R. R. Tolkien finally comes to an end in The Fall of Gondolin published by his son Christopher, now 94. J.R.R.Tolkien taught Anglo-Saxon and Old English … Continue reading
A Walker in Many Worlds 