Tahoe Literary Festival Kickoff Celebration 2026
Tahoe Literary Festival Kickoff Celebration 2026 Join us as we open the Tahoe Literary Festival with an inspiring evening that celebrates the power of words and community. The festival kickoff […]
Stewards of the Obsolete
Stewards of the Obsolete From Lindy Krushas “Maybe this is just a dreamMaybe we are sleeping in rooms filled with metal shelves…If we put our ears to those shelves […]
HEREAFTER & OTHERWISE: Cinematic evolution of Clint Eastwood
A(nother) Metaphysical Movie Review from Robert V. Tobin HEREAFTER & OTHERWISE: Cinematic evolution of Clint Eastwood From rugged to urbane cowboys and many terse characters in between, Clint Eastwood’s acting persona […]
J.Macon King & Iris Jamahl Dunkle poetry at Mill Valley Library
Belonging to a Place: Two Poets on Place as Legacy Thursday, October 1, 2026 6:00-8:00pm > registration required. Mill Valley Library Mill Valley, CA Creekside Room* In the work of […]
Disclosure Day : A(nother) Metaphysical Movie Review
Disclosure Day: A(nother) Metaphysical Movie Review From Robert V. Tobin DIRECTOR: Stephen Spielberg CAST: Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo SCREENPLAY: David Koepp CIMEMATOGRAPHY: Janusz Kamiński MUSIC: John Williams * * […]
High Heels and Hollow Points or The Girl Who Knew Too Little
High Heels and Hollow Points or The Girl Who Knew Too Little by Dianne Reeves Angel Whoever said […]
“The Most Interesting Woman in the World… you’ve never heard of” Part 2
(Continued from Part 1) Lucretia Osborn McKleroy: “The Most Interesting Woman in the World… you’ve never heard of” by J.Macon King California, Family, Happiness and Tragedy Relocated to Monterey […]
“The Most Interesting Woman in the World… that you never heard of:”
Lucretia Osborn McKleroy: “The Most Interesting Woman in the World… you’ve never heard of” by J.Macon King Photos courtesy of the William H. McKleroy family. Lucretia Perry Osborn McKleroy […]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 A(nother) Metaphysical Movie Review
A(NOTHER) METAPHYSICAL MOVIE REVIEW From Robert V. Tobin DIRECTOR: David Frankel WRITERS: Aline Brosh McKenna and Lauren Weisberger MAIN ACTORS: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blount and Stanley Tucci DIRECTOR […]
Lucretia Osborn McKleroy Poetry
Lucretia Osborn McKleroy — Personal Poetry plus Bio: “The Most Interesting Woman in the World…that you never heard of” Immortality My son, you are now a part of all that’s […]
Margery Cunningham poem Merits
Merits by Margery Cunningham What makes a poem good? I’ve asked around— a solid, old professor a languid drape across his lectern, shifted a bit, sloe-eyed, sputtered aphorisms and conceits. […]
Small Potatoes
Small Potatoes essay by Susanna Solomon (written in SFO, while waiting for a plane) I’m a woman of a certain age, and just recently, realized I will always be a […]
Project Hail Mary—A(NOTHER) METAPHYSICAL MOVIE REVIEW
A(NOTHER) METAPHYSICAL MOVIE REVIEW Project Hail Mary By Robert V. Tobin DIRECTOR: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller PERFORMERS: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz WRITERS: Andy Weir (novel) and Drew […]
The Assignment — short fiction by Susanna Solomon
The Assignment by Susanna Solomon “Sorry You Did Not Reveal Yourself to be Human” (From a recorded message) Monday Krok put his headset down. He wasn’t […]
The Man Who (really) Fell to Earth
The Man Who (really) Fell to Earth: Philip K. Dick – The internationally celebrated Sci-Fi writer (who most people never heard of). THE DICK AND DAVID CONNECTION “Just like we […]