I saw a great article about what makes a good Christmas song. I am aware what makes a good Eurovision hit -  start and end with chorus and h...

Michael - Alternate Thursdays   Every year in December Catalyst Press hosts Reading Africa Week . The focus is on literature of all types wr...

  Sujata Massey Last night, I dreamed I was in Nafplio. In the dream, I was visiting the city in the middle of winter, yet it was warm enoug...

Ovidia --every other Tuesday Down time and down moods look very similar from the outside--low productivity, high junk food intake--but fee...

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Jeff—Saturday With December upon us, I was thinking of my traditional Christmas post when it hit me that tomorrow is the first night of Chan...