By Carol Schaye (Isolation and loneliness have been a cause of human suffering throughout history, however, studies indicate that they are at an all-time high) The Covid pandemic left many of us with a feeling of isolation and loneliness. Not that no one wanted to be our friends but our fun social circles had disappeared….
BY Don Molde What do coyotes and wild horses have in common in Nevada? Both make the news more than any other animal or wildlife species in the state. Both suffer from the lack of a successful coexistence strategy with us, and are, themselves, blamed for that failure. Detractors claim they are non-native invasive species….
BY Don Molde It is a tradition in this country to disregard the economic (dollar) value of game species or predators lost to the public’s wildlife trust when those animals are killed by sportsmen or government agencies, such as the Nevada Department of Wildlife or APHIS/Wildlife Services (U.S. government predator control program). Poachers or persons…
A Movie Review By Carol Schaye Actors: Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Paul Giamatti Director: Alexander Payne Writer David Hemingson Desperate to escape the overcast skies of Reno, Nevada, I willingly almost gleefully accompanied my friend Don to see “The Holdovers.” Nothing about the promotions I’d seen for this film got me to that movie…
BY Carol Schaye Senator Chris Murphy While cleaning my daughter’s bedroom, I peeked under her bed, finding a Barbie doll with clothes and other paraphernalia. Now that she is 56, she can have all the Barbies she wants. I refused to allow her to have a Barbie Doll as a kid. Upon being confronted about…
Movie Review by Carol Schaye Director: John Woo Writer: Robert Archer Lynn Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres Joel Kinnaman performs phenomenally in John Woo’s latest film, “Silent Night.” Kinnaman, a Swedish/ American actor, is in almost every scene in this violent, heartbreaking film directed by John Woo. After his young son…
Cousin Judy smiled at me, her mouth filled with perfect teeth. “Where did you get those teeth?” Jokingly. “Los Algodones, Mexico.” she was serious. Judy’s teeth jump-started my journey to replace my four front teeth, which had been yanked by a dentist in Reno, Nevada. That dentist replaced them with dentures, which came out while…
Review Actors: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Julie Gonzalo, M Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Austin Pendleton, Cheech Martin, Jake Busey. Director: Joe Roth Writer: Chris Columbus I watched “Christmas with the Kranks” late to the party. Roger Ebert himself reviewed this film in 2004 when it was first released. Giving the film one…
Carlos Schaye died a few months back, and I’m still crying at night when his image comes to mind. A cocker spaniel with a few emotional problems and aggression regarding his food, he disliked other male dogs who still had their gonads. Carlos never wavered when it came to loving me. He moved in with…
National Geographic photographer Filipe DeAndrade’s photos are used in a new documentary film, “Killing Games: Wildlife in the Crosshairs” produced by Project Coyote. Nevada wildlife officials are considering a ban on coyote-killing contests, which have been outlawed in several other states. In question is whether the competitions are acceptable wildlife conservation measures or brutal examples…
