Archives for June 2022

Jamie Campbell Bower’s Henry Creel / One / Vecna

30 June 2022

We’re on the final stretch of our Stranger Things marathon (nth time to rewatch the whole series, actually) in preparation for Volume 2 of Season 4. For the nth time, I …

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is… pure madness

24 June 2022

Only the most diehard Marvel fan will heap praises on this movie. It’s nothing but an assault on the senses, and watching it was visually exhausting. A far cry from its …

Mads Mikkelsen's Grindelwald

01 June 2022

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is streaming on HBO. My younger daughter, Alex, wanted to see it and asked if it could be last night’s movie. We do that, …

Easy noodle soup with Tai O style clam sauce

14 November 2026 » Cooking» In the kitchen

Frozen dumplings and hotpot-style seafood balls, chicken broth straight out of a carton, instant noodles and fresh spinach. It would have been just another noodle soup were not for the addition of a lovely sauce I bought in Hong Kong.

Holiday paper crafts

13 November 2026 » Creating» In the den

The girls and I used to make holiday paper projects together once Christmas vacation started. Creative activities to while away the long days. It was fun. It was a great opportunity for bonding. It felt good to create something pretty; it felt even better to be able to create together.

A story about a fish, a volcano and a book

12 November 2026 » Elsewhere

This is a story about a fish that can be found in only one lake, and that lake is in the caldera of a volcano. But to tell that story, I first have to write about a book I found lying around in a house overlooking the lake and volcano.