The wrong side of history
Reading Time: < 1 minute Writers often have to decide which is more important: literal accuracy or historical truth. Screenwriter Tony Kushner said he had his reasons.
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the groundhog never loses
Reading Time: < 1 minute The whole groundhog-seeing-his-shadow thing an example of a false dichotomy. (And yes, I know the picture is a prairie dog. I’ll explain.)
Read More the groundhog never losesA musical legacy
Reading Time: 2 minutes A bit of serendipity brought us the opportunity to visit the home of composer Leroy Anderson, now open as a museum in Woodbury, Connecticut.
Read More A musical legacyNo days like snow days
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I was a lad, the most anticipated—and appreciated—holiday was the unexpected and unpredictable snow day. But the times are a-changing.
Read More No days like snow daysNothing up my sleeve…
Reading Time: 5 minutes – WRITING LIFE – How an internship for Reader’s Digest launched my interest in Houdini and a story that would haunt me for life.
Read More Nothing up my sleeve…‘The Easter Confession’
Reading Time: < 1 minute – REVIEW – Fans of Waterbury, Connecticut, or just a good mystery will enjoy Charles Monagan’s newest novel, “The Easter Confession.”
Read More ‘The Easter Confession’The Moral Equivalent
Reading Time: 7 minutes – SHORT STORY – In this scene from “He Said, She Said,” the owner of the Morning Sun and Evening Star tells “the troops” just what it means to go to war with an unseen enemy.
Read More The Moral EquivalentLost
Reading Time: 4 minutes – SHORT STORY – “Well, folks, I don’t know how you got here but that’s not important now,” the sergeant said. “What matters is where you go from here.”
Read More Lost‘Connecticut Icons’
Reading Time: 2 minutes – REVIEW – This revised and updated collection is light-hearted and appreciative. The short essays are colorfully illustrated. The overall package is part day trip inspiration, part fun facts, part show-and-tell.
Read More ‘Connecticut Icons’‘Clueless in New England’
Reading Time: 2 minutes – REVIEW -Intrigued by the similar disappearances of two young women in New England within a few years of each other, historian Michael C. Dooling set out to examine news reports and case files to determine whether there was a connection.
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