For all my Finnish-American relatives and friends - and anyone who likes delicious fresh food. From Limppu to Miso Soup and Beyond If you’re looking for a refreshing take on good home cooking, Edith Maki’s cookbook, Common Sense Cooking, will be a great addition to your kitchen. I received the...
I want to hike forever after reading AWOL on the Appalachian Trail Living in New Mexico has brought me back to one of my oldest loves - hiking. It's not the Appalachian Trail, but I live in an area so beautiful it takes my breath away...
Snow Wolf by Glenn Meade - A Fresh Voice in Post-War II Cold War Thrillers It's been awhile since I've found a juicy book that pulled me right into the tense and frightening Cold World era of the 1950s. As an avid reader of both...
Did Ayn Rand and George Orwell Predict the Future? I've been re-reading some of the classic fiction that captivated me when I was a teenager. We the Living by Ayn Rand, a novel about one woman's attempt to keep her identity in the new Soviet Union. I'd...