by Carol Jane Morrison | Nov 9, 2023 | Essays, The Biblio File
Upping My AQ When Ed and I first saw the house we’d eventually buy, a two-story grey house smack dab on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, I looked over the back fence, where the river gleamed as it rushed by, framed by cedars, Douglas firs, cottonwoods, alders,...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Aug 28, 2023 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews, The Biblio File
“Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma” by Claire Dederer What do we do when we love and admire an artist’s work, maybe develop a sort of passion for the artist her/himself, and then find out that the artist has done monstrous things? Like raped young girls, or...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Aug 28, 2023 | Essays, The Biblio File
A NEW SONG Change that involves leaving people and places I’m attached to, has always been, for me, a stressful mixture of sadness and untethered anxiety. Ed and I recently left the church that’s been a major part of our lives for seven years, and though I don’t...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jul 14, 2022 | Essays, The Biblio File
CATCHING UP A couple of months ago, after telling Ed I feared I’d taken on too much volunteer work, I watched myself, as if I were a character in a movie, pick up my phone and begin organizing a fundraiser for Ukraine at my church. For the next six weeks, I spent...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jul 13, 2022 | Book Reviews
“The Distinguished Guest” by Sue Miller I have decided not to buy any more books till I delve into each of the ones on my bookcase shelves and decide either to read or give it away. I started The Distinguished Guest a couple of weeks ago. It begins, “In...
