Tosca is All That

Things so often disappoint in direct proportion to how highly anticipated they are. The Blarney Stone is a tourist trap; the Mannekin Pis is only...

This is the End

The end of 2014, that is. And I feel like I should have something deep and powerful to say, but I’m all out of bang....

Christmas Cheer

A recurring theme in The Lord of the Rings is the quest that one accepts in ignorance – no hobbit could undertake to destroy the...

Daughter of the Forest

I was introduced to Juliet Marillier’s Daughter of the Forest by the fabulous Felicia Day and her Vaginal Fantasy Bookclub. But I don’t know how...