Tema

Joined: January 29, 2019
Articles: 135
Comments: 24

Travel

Bye bye Twitter

@Tema@mastodon.social - my post-Twitter home

I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with Twitter. Since Elon Musk’s takeover it has become a hate-hate relationship. Not one to stay in abusive relationships, I’ve now quit Twitter and am trying Mastodon. You can follow me there, if you’d…

Tema
December 13, 2022

Travel

Morocco Trip – Part 2: Jews of Morocco, & Visiting Essaouira

Morocco once had a thriving Jewish community and says it has no history of anti-semitism. So why are there almost no Jews still living there?

Tema
December 6, 2022
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Books & Writing

Book Review: A God in Ruins

A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson - book cover

Review of Kate Atkinson's powerful novel, A God in Ruins. Despite a disjointed beginning, I got swept away, and ultimately blown away by the twist ending.

Tema
December 6, 2022

Travel

Morocco: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (& The Beautiful)

Part 1 of our tour of Morocco. Includes Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Fes, Mid-Atlas mountains, a night in the desert, camel riding, and movie sets.

Tema
November 27, 2022
6 Comments

Books & Writing, History & Politics, Travel

Book Review: Half of a Yellow Sun

book cover of Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A must-read if you want to get a real sense of what war is like for those who live in war-torn countries.

Tema
November 26, 2022
2 Comments

Books & Writing, History & Politics

Book Review: The Diamond Eye

book cover: The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Both the writing and the story sparkle like diamonds in this historical novel by Kate Quinn, based on the life of WWII Soviet female sniper, Mila Pavlichenko. If…

Tema
October 1, 2022

Books & Writing

Book Review: The Latecomer

Book cover of The Latecomer, by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Just because you shared a uterus doesn't mean you'll have a lot in common. Book review of The Latecomer, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (best known as author of The Plot).