There's a Bear in the House! by Walter Kirn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Deep and Thought-provokingAgain, another short story that sounded interesting, though, it still left me without expectations. Reading it, I ran a gamut of emotions - most of which was melancholy with ponderance. What I liked was the introspection of the … Continue reading My Book Review of There’s a Bear in the House!
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
#DidYouKnow – Rose Wilder Lane
#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com Image Source Does this woman's name sound familiar to you? Rose Wilder Lane... Do you feel like you should know who she is, but you just can't put your finger on it? Let me help you out - this is the firstborn and only surviving (to adulthood) child of … Continue reading #DidYouKnow – Rose Wilder Lane
SAME TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE
DID YOU KNOW? #DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY, LAURA INGALLS WILDER, and MARGARET MITCHELL Three women authors who influenced J.M. Northup of Norns Triad Publications are L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables), Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House Books), and Margaret Mitchell (Gone With The Wind). With an intense love of literature … Continue reading SAME TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE
#DidYouKnow – Bea Arthur
#DidYouKnow is a Blog Series on www.jmnorthup.com Everyone knows Bea Arthur was a Golden Girl. BUT... did you know she was also one of the first females to enlist into the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve? Yep, in 1943, during World War II, Bea Arthur started as a typist for the U.S. Marines before working as a … Continue reading #DidYouKnow – Bea Arthur
Writers 2 Remember: Margaret Sanger
Nurse who pioneered birth control Photo Source Margaret Sanger is a lot of things... nurse, writer, sex educator, activist... Some praise her while others hate her. She is all too human, with good and bad ideas, both a product of her time as well as someone ahead of it. Why does Margaret Sanger matter? For me, … Continue reading Writers 2 Remember: Margaret Sanger