The Death of Santini

The Death of Santini

[title subtitle=”review Anita Paddock”][/title] By Pat Conroy Nan A. Talese / Doubleday: $28.95 I became a fan of Pat Conroy when I saw the movie, Conrack, starring Jon Voight, back in the 1970s. The movie was based on Conroy’s book, The River is Wide,...
In Our Nature

In Our Nature

[title subtitle=”review Marla Cantrell”][/title] Blue Rodeo: $9.99 Tell Me Again by Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo’s thirteenth album, In Our Nature, was recorded in the fall of 2012 on the Canadian farm owned by vocalist and guitarist Greg Keelor. The band brought...
Do Go Green in 2014

Do Go Green in 2014

[title subtitle=”story Marla Cantrell”][/title] I dream of flowers and sweet corn and fresh oregano in the dead of winter. Outside my kitchen door the snow lingers, icicles hang from the eaves, and my thermometer shows the temperature: 31 degrees. The...

All God’s Creatures

[title subtitle=”story Marla Cantrell images courtesy Bill Rebsamen”][/title] Leaves are whipping across the street just outside Bill Rebsamen’s Fort Smith, Arkansas home. In the days to come a foot of snow will fall, it will stall the city, but today...
The Secret Life of White Bread

The Secret Life of White Bread

[title subtitle=”story Marla Cantrell image Jeromy Price”][/title] White bread could use a good PR firm. For years, this staple of our childhood has suffered accusations that it’s not good enough, it’s not nutritious enough, it’s not hip enough. But let’s...

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