That's an interesting cover. What is this book about? I have gotten that comment several times while reading Charles de Lint's Someplace to Be Flying recently. It is a reminder of the importance of book covers. The artist, John Jude Palencar, has produced some of...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 115: Sula by Toni Morrison
by MHill | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022 Book Reviews, Marion's All-Time Favorite Novels, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Toni Morrison, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
“Outlaw women are fascinating---not always for their behavior, but because historically woman are seen as naturally disruptive and their status is an illegal one from birth if it is not under the rule of men. In much literature a woman’s escape from male rule led to...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 114: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
by MHill | Oct 24, 2022 | 2022 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
"Let 'em consolate theyselves wid talk. 'Course, talkin' don't amount tuh uh hill uh beans when yuh can't do nothin' else. And listenin' tuh dat kind uh talk is jus' lak openin' yo' mouth and lettin' de moon shine down yo' throat. It's uh known fact, Phoeby, you got...
Marion’s Favorites: First Circle by Pat Metheny Group
by MHill | Oct 17, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
About two years ago, I posted my ten favorite albums on Instagram. As a music lover, it was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make. My ten favorite albums: 1) Tiempos by Ruben Blades 2) Brother Sister by The Brand New Heavies 3) Buena Vista Social Club by...
Stevie Wonder & Sting Sings Fragile
by MHill | Oct 15, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I love a good rendition of a song. It is something about another musician taking one of their contemporaries music and presenting it in a new way. Stevie Wonder does it with Sting's song Fragile from his 1987 Nothing Like The Sun album. This is from Sting's 2nd solo...
Think! by Lonnie Smith
by MHill | Oct 13, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Over the past several months, I have wanted to listen to 1960s Jazz Music. It started when I purchased Wayne Shorter's Night Dreamer and got Horace Silver's Song For My Father a few days later. I recently bought Lee Morgan's Sidewinder (I saw the documentary on...
Happy Birthday Sting
by MHill | Oct 3, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Happy 71st Birthday Sting! Sting is one of my favorite musicians and I have listened to his music for over 30 years. He is on my first line of musicians that I listen to regularly. The list includes The Pat Metheny Group, Incognito, Brand New Heavies, Ronny...
The Best Dining Experience I’ve Ever Had
by MHill | Sep 29, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
The last post discussed the visit to Strasbourg from my vacation earlier in the month. My girlfriend Brenda and I spent the second part of the vacation in Paris. We had three days in the city and made sure that we got to see the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, and took...
My Visit to Strasbourg
by MHill | Sep 26, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Earlier this month, I went on a eight-day vacation to France. I spent 4 1/2 days in Strasbourg and 3 1/2 days in Paris. I had visited Paris in the summer of 2017 and seen the most of the major tourist spots (Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre Museum, Cathedrale...
Happy Birthday Wayne Shorter
by MHill | Aug 26, 2022 | Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Today is the legendary jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter's 89th birthday. Many in the jazz community and music at large consider him the greatest saxophonist post-Coltrane and one of America's greatest composers. For nearly seven decades, Wayne Shorter has composed...