My Current Interest

Mathematics /Artwork by Kate Dorsey      Doesn’t everyone want to be loved for who they are?  I would certainly think so.  But that is not a love always easy to find.  Especially if you are a scientific woman in the 19 th century.      Lady Violet Hughes, AKA Lady Greycliff, is not like other women.   Or at least that is what 1842 London society tells her.      In truth, Violet has found many women like herself.   Women with an interest in math and science.   All who must keep these interests a secret.   Which is why Violet opens up her house to these women.   At Beacon House, they are free to experiment and study what truly interests them.      The only problem with this situation is Beacon House is under attack.   Violet has been entrusted with a very important assignment.   An assignment given to her by her step-son, William, Viscount Greycliff, “Grey”, who works for t...

     The end of The Book of Lost Names almost made me cry.  I was fine until the last few pages.  Then something happened and I was almost a goner.  It would have been a mix of tears, too.  Because the ending was happy and sad all at the same time.      Eva Traube must escape.   She, her parents, and all the other Jews in 1940s Paris are at risk of being rounded up.   Taken away.   To never be seen again.      Eva tries to warn her father, Leo, about what is going to happen.   She learned about the roundup from a trusted friend, Joseph Pelletier.   But her father will not listen.   Sadly, he is taken early the next morning.   By chance, Eva and her mother escape being captured.   They were across the hall taking care of a neighbor’s children.      Knowing she and her mother, Faiga, need to get out of Paris, Eva goes to her father’s boss for help.   He gives...

     Marple did change when the actress portraying Miss Marple switched to Julia McKenzie.   The basic premise remained the same, but the way the investigations were handled was definitely different.      Miss Jane Marple is always up for investigating a mystery.   She doesn’t directly look for one, or at least that is how she makes it seem, but others would disagree.   An awful lot of mysteries fall at her feet. Behind the Door /Artwork by Kate Dorsey      The difference with the last three seasons of Marple is, unlike with the first three, the police are often willing to not only listen but also work with Miss Marple.   One exception is “A Caribbean Mystery”.  The police don’t want to hear anything Miss Marple has to say in that one.   But others are more than willing to have her help.      Another change is this Miss Marple rarely, if ever, does the doddery old woman bit.   Even if sh...