The Sill of the World

appreciative I need to see each day as a jewel that has landed in my palm. avian They've hung up bird feeders in one part of the woo...

arrival I need to curb my impatience and allow him to arrive at an answer. He needs to think quietly, then have the time to explain and eva...

affection Squeezed into a seat on the subway, a young girl hugs her younger brother on her lap and kisses him repeatedly on the back of the...

Title: Casting the Runes Author: M.R. James (Montague Rhodes James) Where I Read It: The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories ...

Paul Dombey is wealthy, proud, and heartless. Well, not entirely heartless. He shows signs, even at the start, of being able to feel a bit o...

atremble Strong winds course across the rooftop. The plants and wooden stakes shiver. booing One of the ways they bond is by sneering ab...

Title: English Vinglish (2012) Director: Gauri Shinde Language: English and Hindi, with some French too Rating: Not rated Shashi (S...

Title: Anne of Green Gables (1985) Director: Kevin Sullivan Language: English Rating: G This two-episode TV mini-series adaptation ...

North and South is full of upheaval. The main character, Margaret Hale, is the teenaged daughter of a vicar who decides he can’t be a vicar ...

Title: Comforter of the Afflicted Author: F.H. Batacan (Maria Felisa H. Batacan) Where I Read It: Manila Noir This story is set in Manila...

In this Toni Morrison novel, two siblings leave their backwoods Georgia home, get even more scarred out in the world, and come back to find ...

calming It's a gentle room. Blonde wood floors, small folding chairs, purple, pink, and light blue yoga mats rolled up in the corner. A...

Title: The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor Author: Deborah Eisenberg Where I Read It: The Art of the Story “Fading smells of bodies c...

As a young man, Silas Marner was betrayed and ostracized, leaving him with deep psychic wounds. His consciousness of the world narrows to a ...

She wept for what happened to life. Laurel, the main character of The Optimist's Daughter , is a widow and now an orphan after her fath...

With one exception, none of these is specific to the holiday season, but they explore themes associated with this time of year. Title: A C...

Title: Our Little Sister Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Language: Japanese Rating: PG Our Little Sister is a movie that brings more be...

channel Like many kids, he doesn't like writing. If only there were a program that could instantly convert his thoughts into coherent p...

Title: Act of Violence (1949) Director: Fred Zinnemann Language: English Rating: Unrated At first, Act of Violence seems like a s...

Title : 35 Shots of Rum (2008) Director : Claire Denis Language : French (and some German) Rating : Unrated 35 Shots of Rum keeps the...