I try to spend at least an hour a day in the garden. It’s good for my daughter and it’s good for me. I’m sure it’s good for the garden too. As soon as the spring sun peeps from behind the last winter cloud, I don my sturdy boots and stiff new gloves and setContinue reading "Ramble: The Weed"
Review: Free Food for Millionnaires
Free Food for Millionaires, by Min Jin Lee (Warner, July 2007. Hardcover, 576 pages) I found this book hard to put aside, despite several quibbles with the way it was plotted and written. Free Food for Millionaires is the story of Casey Han, an American born Korean woman who finds herself caught between worlds -Continue reading "Review: Free Food for Millionnaires"
Ramble: Landscapes of an Imaginary World
As a reader (and a writer), I enjoy an active imagination. Words on a page inspire flights of fantasy, and though my vision may not match that of the author, if I have gone somewhere, they have been successful. When I am describing a scene, I have a picture of it in my head, whichContinue reading "Ramble: Landscapes of an Imaginary World"
Review: Critical Care
Critical Care, by Richard Dooling (Picador, June 1996. Paperback, 256 pages) The story is fairly simple on the surface, but more complex beneath. A young doctor is faced with a choice--he's fooled into having to make it, and his naivete regarding the issue is quite stunning. But, it's also endearing, and a big part ofContinue reading "Review: Critical Care"
Kelly Jensen 