About a year ago, I reviewed Allen Say's autobiographical work Drawing from Memory and the effect World War II had on his life growi...

Well, it's that time of the year again, time to wrap up my 2012 reading challenges.  This year I tried not to get too enthusiastic about...

Today is Boxing Day, but since we don't celebrate it in the US, I thought it would be a good day to take the time to express some grati...

December 21, 1943: December 22, 1943: December 23, 1943: December 24, 1943: December 25, 1943:

After my dad immigrated from Wales to the US, there were two things my dad always asked my mom to make at Christmastime that represented hom...