Carol Schaye Her legs were scarred with mosquito bites, which she could not help but scratch. There were bites from the hummingbird-sized mosquitos of Louisiana from her ankles to her knees. No spray or cream could stop the relentless insects. She stayed inside with the screen doors and window screens closed all day, waiting for…
According to Mapquest, It’s a 416.4 mile trip to visit my Mom in Oregon from my Reno, NV home. My 2017 Mustang with it’s 2.3 liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine typically get 29.5 mpg on the highway. With the 16 gallon tank, it’s entirely feasible to make the drive on a single tank of fuel….
REVIEW Carol Schaye *(True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto. The series, broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States, premiered on January 12, 2014. Each season of the series is structured as a self-contained narrative, employing new cast ensembles, and following various sets of…
By Carol Schaye The sound of helicopters was a disruption but a welcome one in the skies above. A group of registered nurses was gathered in a counseling center room to continue their weekly group treatment toward recovery from alcohol and other drugs. The center was an outpatient treatment program for registered nurses…
Review by Carol Schaye Some movies stay with me drawing me back to watch them several times. “The Drop”, “Places In The Heart” and “Red”, are three of these movies. Prose fiction does not have to comply with the somewhat strict structure of a film or play. Adapting fiction to a film requires a writer…
A REVIEW Carol Schaye The visual beauty as well as the musical score (Robbie Robertson’s) are as we would expect from Martin Scorsese, exceptional. Scorsese has spoiled us with works of art, on film for decades now. Gathering together some of the most talented actors we have (Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio amongst others), telling…
I recall the first car that caught my attention as a young boy. I was pedaling my bike to school and was passed by a fellow driving a ’66 Ford Mustang. Oh, I’m sure I had seen Mustangs before that. But at maybe nine or ten years of age in 1969, it was the…
By Don Molde Let’s start with a loose definition of an oxymoron, a contradiction of terms in the same word, sentence, or utterance. Take the word, ‘sportsman’ for example. A recent SNA piece by Kelsey Penrose centers on efforts by two hunters and a game warden to remove an entanglement from the impressive antlers of…
Movies have been an escape, an instructor on life, and an art form for me for most of my life. Beginning in Scranton, Pennsylvania at age 10 years old I attended a movie every Saturday afternoon, mostly cowboys. A pony was paraded on stage and we were led to believe we might win that…
By Don Molde Psychiatrists have lots of experience with delusions. Delusions (and hallucinations) are one of the hallmarks of schizophrenia. Delusions are often directly related to how/why a person suffering from that disorder comes to the attention of psychiatrists. One definition of a delusion is an idiosyncratic fixed and unalterable false belief. In psychiatric circles,…
