‘A to Z Animal Mysteries: Bats in the Castle’ By Kayla Whaley Illustrated by Chloe Burgett If you enjoyed reading Ron Roy’s popular A to Z Mysteries, you are in for a treat. There is a new Ron Roy series, A to Z Animal Mysteries. Bats in the Castle caught my eye quickly as it […]
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Backyard Reflections: Squirrels that fly!
During the winter months after the cardinals’ feast at dusk flying squirrels use to materialize like magic gliding through the pines. If the foxes were about, they stayed treed and quite invisible. On fox nights I used to put out more seed and stand at the door with my flashlight until I noticed a slight […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Vinny came to us as a forced surrender back in September. He was severely abused by his previous owners. He was burned with cigarettes, and spent the first few months of his life on a chain, tied to a car in a junkyard. He has lost trust in most humans. So it will take some […]
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Movie Review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’
I had high hopes for “Lisa Frankenstein,” whose trailers promised a lead performance from Kathryn Newton (of the gleefully twisted body-switch horror-comedy “Freaky”) and a sick sense of humor that might actually be jarring in a fun way. Then I learned the truth: the movie still stars Kathryn Newton, but it’s rated PG-13. Ugh, what’s […]
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Movie Review/’Argylle’
As much as I enjoyed the fun, exciting trailers for “Argylle”, which made excellent use of the film’s eclectic cast, there was one element that told me the movie was in serious trouble. Amongst shots of the cat belonging to spy novelist Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), onscreen text insisted that, “Once you know the […]
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Backyard Reflections
Star Beings? The well-known author Leslie Marmon Silko has a very interesting idea – that star beings come to Earth, crossing over occasionally when the membranes of parallel worlds are more permeable than usual. She painted some star beings and they spoke to her without words…. Some were not friendly; most of hers lacked compassion […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Since we shared our longest-resident dog, let’s introduce our longest-resident cat. Meet Dino-Man, or Dino for short. Dino came to us as a stray in 2021. He’s a 4-year-old, big ball of fluff. Dino has the best personality a cat could have. He loves hanging out with his humans and getting all of the attention. […]
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Movie Review: ‘Anyone but You’
Not every week brings a shiny new blockbuster for me to review. Sometimes I need to look to the holdovers. Sadly, I’m not referring to “The Holdovers,” one of the best films of 2023 that you should definitely check out if it’s playing in your area. I’m referring to whichever movie did the best at […]
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Kids’ Book Review: ‘The Sour Grape’
The Sour Grape By Jory John Illustrated by Pete Oswald A sour grape is unpleasant to taste. An unpleasant person can be called a ‘Sour Grape’. Such was the large green grape in this silly, delightful, colorful picture book, The Sour Grape (6th book in the Food Group series). Sour Grape complained about many things like […]
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Backyard Reflections: A Happy Ending
It was frigid. The moment I appeared at the door, the dark-eyed juncos fled. All but one. This little bird was huddled, lying at an odd angle in the snow. My heart sank even as I picked him up. One foot seemed damaged, maybe frozen. I had to try to revive him… After depositing […]