by Debra Darvick | Dec 29, 2013 | His Lens/My Pen, Read the Spirit
2013’s final His Lens/My Pen image was taken in Laguna Beach, California. It was a cool January afternoon. Martin and I found this spot at the end of a neighborhood street. One after another after another, the waves crashed against these boulders, insistent,...
by Debra Darvick | Dec 16, 2013 | Musings, Read the Spirit
I feel like I’m in one of those tea cup rides at the amusement park. Time is the teacup and some unhand hand keeps turning the steering wheel ever faster and faster. Can the end of 2013 really be a fortnight away? Is it really going to be 2014? I have my 2014...
by Debra Darvick | Dec 9, 2013 | Musings, Read the Spirit
Boston had Cheers. Detroit and environs has Leo’s Coney Island, a restaurant chain whose Greek salads cannot be beat. Not in New York. Not in Chicago. Not in LA. Not nowhere, not no how. It’s not just the food of course. Leo’s is the place where you...
by Debra Darvick | Dec 2, 2013 | Bookshelf, Read the Spirit
Comic books were anathema in my house when I was a child. My mother sniffed at them so sniffily that whenever I bought an Archie comic book, sneaking it into my room like the contraband it was, guilt trumped pleasure every time. Only one comic strip was lauded in...
