One of the most frightening things about growing older is the uncertainty: which terrible ailment(s) will I or my loved ones suffer with in their twilight years? Will my body be ravaged by time or will I lose my mind? Both? Neither, because I’ve planned on going out with a bang a la Secondhand Lions?Continue reading “Aging and Loss With Arms Wide Open”
Author Archives: Elisabeth Ring
Let ‘Lotus’ Break Your Heart – and Mend It
Almost from the very beginning of Lotus, a novel by Lijia Zhang that focuses on a Chinese prostitute (or ji) at the turn of the century, I could see a million different ways that the titular character’s heart was going to get shattered. What I didn’t see, and what I could not have anticipated, wasContinue reading “Let ‘Lotus’ Break Your Heart – and Mend It”
Cowboys with Smartphones
Over a hundred years since the heyday of the cowboy era, the American West still holds a spirit of those adventurers and pioneers. This isn’t just some pithy intro—I grew up in the West; my high school mascot was the cowboy and our rival school’s mascot was the buffalo (but was actually a bison, obviously).Continue reading “Cowboys with Smartphones”
Now Apparitioning in a Photo Near You!
The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln’s Ghost was one of those books that was on my list for so long that I forgot what it was about until I checked it out and started reading. I love it when that happens. It’s basically just getting a personalizedContinue reading “Now Apparitioning in a Photo Near You!”
Goals in the Time of Corona
With the pandemic sweeping the nation like some stupid internet challenge, classes have moved online and I’m working remotely. As grateful as I am to still be employed and have a safe home to weather this pathological storm in, I know I’m going to struggle with the open-ended quarantine. I’m a goal-oriented person. I likeContinue reading “Goals in the Time of Corona”
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