Tag: Dreams

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (a book review)

by Nancy Schoellkopf, posted in Baking, Book Reviews, Books, Families, Food, home, Hope, Literature, Magical Realism, Writing

Warning:  spoilers ahead.  I’ll wave a red flag when we get close, but stay alert. This book made me very sad.  I don’t know why I’m surprised, it’s right there in the tittle. It’s not that I can’t handle sad—I mean, I’ve never missed an episode ofThis Is Us.  But this book made me feel sad … Continue reading The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (a book review)

The Changing Dreamscape

by Nancy Schoellkopf, posted in Current Events, Literature, Musings, School Shootings

Ursula LeGuin wrote an amazing book called The Word for World is Forest back in 1972.  A friend gave it to me sometime in the 80s and it has haunted me ever since.  It’s something of an allegorical tale:  humans head off to exploit the fictional planet Athshe—to kill the men, rape the women, and … Continue reading The Changing Dreamscape