Dining with Squirrels

Movie about founder of Catholic movement Legion of Christ, Marcial Marciel, his sexual abuse [as well as drug addiction] and the Vatican’s — surprise, surprise — unwillingness to acknowledge or deal with the most financially lucrative arm of the Church.

I just watched Masterpiece Theatre’s new production of The Diary of Anne Frank. Wonderful:  amazing, vivid script, wonderful acting, incredible, claustrophobic set design.  I haven’t read that book since I was 12 — watching the film reignited my interest and led me to this book.  Every chapter is simply a first person accounting of a […]

This month’s book club selection.  Seriously.  We’re reading it in tandem with her daughter’s book sTory Telling by Tory Spelling.  Catchy titles.  The idea is to read two accounts of one mother-daughter relationship and then leap into a juicy discussion of mother-daughter relationships in general.  Mrs.  Spelling clearly dictated this to the voice-recognition software on […]