Road Trip. The night before we begin a long drive, stretching five hours or more; my husband and I select a book. I listen to books all the time, when I’m sorting laundry, putting away dishes, filing papers, and my tastes are varied and far-ranging. I read to learn and to expose myself to alternateContinue reading “Writers, Writing, and a Road Trip with Stephen King and Billy Summers”
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Delta Blues Summer
How was your summer? A friend asks a seemingly innocuous question and then it hits me, summer is over. Fall—as soon as the air in Maryland begins to turn crisp—is about to commence. And how was my summer? I ask myself. Sort of okay, nothing bad, but disappointing, I think. The build up towards theContinue reading “Delta Blues Summer”
In Search of an America Willing to Stand Together
We were under attack, and we needed each other. We remembered that together we stand. But today America is divided.
Women’s Rights Under Siege in America
The United States was founded on the idea that there be a separation of church and state. In practice, with the new law passed in Texas, this is no longer true.
Nadja Maril, Writer & Author 