Theater: “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King, at the NextStop Theater in Herndon, Virginia. : In this blog I have often talked about film adaptations of novels I’ve read. Most of the time, but not always, I read the book first before seeing the film. Continue Reading →
The Grand Canyon and the American West: « Skeleton Man» by Tony Hillerman : Almost thirty-seven years between the two trips. In the summer of 1988, we were traveling in a recreational vehicle with my two brothers and my parents, who were showing us Continue Reading →
Malta: “Ironfire” by David Ball : It had been a long time since Malta, lost in the middle of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily but on the same latitude as Tunisia, attracted me. I’ve just spent Continue Reading →
Saint-Malo and Combourg, Britanny: « Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe » by François-René de Chateaubriand and « All the light we cannot see » by Anthony Doerr. : My first visit to Saint-Malo was when I was a Scout patrol leader. We began our three-day hike at Mont Saint-Michel. The leaders then set us an itinerary in Britanny Continue Reading →