There is a popular meme where a guy is walking with his girlfriend and another woman walks past them. He turns to check out the woman's backside to the dismay of his girlfriend. We have used the meme for all kinds of things, including how readers have always...
Marion’s Favorites: Okra
by MHill | May 2, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Daddy, this is slimy! I can not eat this. I remembered my daughter Norah saying that a few years ago when we had okra for dinner. I grew up eating okra like I did with collard greens. My mother cooked okra quite a bit and I liked it immediately. I'm a texture...
Marion’s Favorites: Collard Greens
by MHill | Apr 29, 2020 | Marion's Favorites
"Boy, you better eat those greens! In this house...if I cook it, then you will eat it." I remembered my mother telling me those words when I was either eight or nine years old. It was first time I came across collard greens and it was one of the few vegetables that...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 43: Finding Om by Rashmi Bismark
by MHill | Apr 23, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Book covers do matter! I would have never gotten this book if it was not for the book cover I saw on Instagram a few days ago. The cover of Finding Om by Rashmi Bismark and artwork by Morgan Huff got my attention. I thought it would be a book that my 10 year old...
Marion’s Favorites: Happy Birthday Tito Puente
by MHill | Apr 20, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews
Ernesto Antonio (AKA Tito) Puente would have turned 97 today. I had a good musician friend that played Puente’s 1958 classic album, Dance Mania quite a bit whenever I visited him in his Albuquerque home. I remember the first time I heard, El Cayuco, and was blown away...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 42: Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez
by MHill | Apr 18, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's All-Time Favorite Novels, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Rereading Series, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Rereading a novel can bring different expectations from when you first read it over twenty-five years ago. This is the case with Face of An Angel by Denise Chavez. Face of an Angel tells the story of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress at El Farol Restaurant in the...
Marion’s Favorites: World Malbec Day
by MHill | Apr 17, 2020 | Marion's Favorites
Today is World Malbec Day! I know for Malbec Wine drinkers around the world we look forward to this holiday. However, this year's celebration will be a little more subdued due to COVID19 (AKA Coronavirus). I want to celebrate and send a virtual toast to all the...
Stuck on a Desert Island What 3 Authors Would You Read?
by MHill | Apr 12, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I saw this post on my Facebook page by the local library three days ago. I have been thinking about how to answer the question since it posted. I provided a comment soon after they posted on Facebook. It was an interesting question and considering what we are...
Marion’s Favorite: Crunchy Tacos
by MHill | Apr 6, 2020 | Marion's Favorites
I have a confession to share.... I like crunchy tacos and I cannot lie! I know that was a bad take on Sir Mixalot's ubiquitous megahit, Baby Got Back. However, it is true. I love crunchy tacos and I can not deny it. I can see the frowns on the faces of taco...
Wisdom from Kammbia Book Review 41: The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner
by MHill | Apr 4, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorite Duologies
As a reader, there are some books (and authors) you have been meaning to read. But other books (and authors) would come before it. Unfortunately, Wallace Stegner fell into this category for me. I've been meaning to read his...