Any writer worth their salt knows that everyone, literally everyone, has a fascinating life story to tell. In that regard, our lives are lessened by every story we don’t hear. In turn, the best stories are told by those coming to the end of their unique life journeys. The author […]

While The Mysterious Treehouse: Secrets Of The Hidden Grove may not be a novel (as advertised) but a short novella or a long short story, I have rarely encountered such masterful writing in a children’s book (targeted at 10-14-year-olds). The storyline is as magical as the title suggests, but the […]

“Idioms (in any language) give a language luster, shine, and poetry.” Part of the allure of 800 English Idioms from A-H by A.M. Lucas is that the author explicitly speaks to those whose first language is not English. For one raised and cultivated solely by English speakers, so immersed in […]

Any approach to suicide prevention necessarily entails much consideration regarding life appreciation. That should go without saying, as it represents the perfect start, but it is certainly not the end. One must understand suicidal inclinations at their lightest and their deepest strengths. Lack of such understanding hinders all efforts at […]