by Mindy | Feb 11, 2021 | elsewhere on the web, front page, love in the age of covid series, recent
Today, I’m the guest at John Scalzi’s “The Big Idea”. If you don’t know John, he’s an amazing science fiction writer (and movie critic and blogger and Internet personality extraordinaire). Among other things, he publishes a blog...
by Mindy | Apr 28, 2020 | coronadiversion, front page
I’m a big fan of timelines, especially the ones that show multiple fields of information at once. (One of the best presents I ever received was a book called Timelines of World History where each page shows what was happening on each continent at each date in...
by Mindy | Apr 24, 2020 | coronadiversion, front page
For years, I’ve searched for a great book recommendation engine. You know—the type of resource where you say, “I love reading The Lord of the Rings, Filming Diary of The Real Housewives of East Nowheresville, and Who Moved My Cheese, and it spits out a...
by Mindy | Apr 21, 2020 | coronadiversion, front page
The Kennedy Center is both a national center for the performing arts and a national memorial to John F. Kennedy. During non-corona times, it hosts a wide range of shows—opera, ballet, plays, orchestral performances, free concerts, etc. While it has recently come under...
by Mindy | Apr 17, 2020 | coronadiversion, front page
One aspect of Corona Chaos has been distance learning, with teachers and parents attempting to finish out the school year for kids. I completely understand how challenging the situation is. A large number of people have ZERO interest in anything having to do with...
by Mindy | Apr 13, 2020 | coronadiversion, front page
Many years ago, my family and I visited Chicago during a beastly hot summer. We’d had our hearts set on taking a walking tour of Oak Park, to visit a variety of homes and other buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. But we quickly realized we’d be...
