Last time I talked about “thinking big,” about painting in broad strokes. What’s the general premise of your universe? Does magic work? Is the galaxy devoid of… Read more “World Building Wednesday #5: Gravais”
Tag: Travel
Book Review: 111 Places in Women’s History (in Washington, DC) that You Must Not Miss
Full disclosure, my wife co-authored this book, so I can’t claim to be impartial. Washington, DC is my adopted home city. I moved to the area more… Read more “Book Review: 111 Places in Women’s History (in Washington, DC) that You Must Not Miss”
Honeymoon: The Cruise
The idea was to take a cruise at the end of our European trek, because it would ensure that we’d get some relaxation and we’d be able… Read more “Honeymoon: The Cruise”
Honeymoon Stop Six: Barcelona
The train from Lyon to Barcelona took about six hours and it wasn’t at all the sort of journey I expected. I had images of passing through… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Six: Barcelona”
Book Review: Washington Black
I’ll admit, I was kinda hornswoggled into reading this book. I saw it sitting on the shelf, found the cover art appealing, and read some of the… Read more “Book Review: Washington Black”
Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman
“It was no doubt easier to believe in the ultimate rightness of the cause when one was no longer likely to be its next victim.” It… Read more “Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman”
Book Review: Ace of Spies
Sometime around 1990 or so, my local PBS channel played the 1983 British mini-series ‘Reilly: Ace of Spies.’ I was absolutely captivated. Sam Neill was awesome. The… Read more “Book Review: Ace of Spies”
Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence
From Geneva, we took a short train ride into France, to the historic city of Lyon. Lyon was the economic center of the Roman Empire for a… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence”
Book Review: The Lives of Dillon Ripley
There’s rich, and then there’s inherited wealth rich. Truly wealthy people don’t live like the rest of us, their world isn’t like ours. Dillon Ripley was born… Read more “Book Review: The Lives of Dillon Ripley”
Honeymoon Stop Four: Geneva & Gruyeres
Having left Venice very early in the morning, we rode our train to Milan, where unfortunately we didn’t have time to leave the train station to look… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Four: Geneva & Gruyeres”
Matthew J. Constantine 