by Michele Genthon | Apr 17, 2020 | MUSINGS, Reading
At the end of last year, I read The Humans by Matt Haig, and it still haunts me. Not in an ominous way, but more like the dictionary definition of haunt, “to remain with.” This novel won’t let me go, won’t let me ignore it. The book’s message is even more...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 21, 2019 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
It is difficult to drive and cry at the same time. And it was all Sylvia Poggioli’s fault. I admit that when I first saw the pictures of the flooding in Venice, I did not pay much attention. Every year at this time, water flows into the lower-lying areas of...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 4, 2016 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
Father Gary Morelli died last week. He was one of many priests in this country, in his Church, and yet he was “one.” He was singular. He stood alone. When I moved to Washington state, my husband and I bought a house,...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 28, 2016 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
When I was a child, my mother came into my bedroom one summer night and gently shook me awake. In the moonlight creeping through the Venetian blinds, I saw her finger across her lips in that universal symbol of silence. She took my hand and...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 3, 2016 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
An article in the Columbiamagazine, produced by the Washington State Historical Society, caught my eye: “Targeted for Deportation: Immigrant Labor Radical Becky Beck. . .” Intriguing words to grab attention, the story of Rebecca “Becky” Beck. I’ll probably get a...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 27, 2016 | MUSINGS, Reading
Cokie Roberts has written about women from various periods of American history. Her most recent book, Capital Dames, tells the story of women in Washington, D.C. around the Civil War era. I had never considered how fearful the people of D.C. were during that time...
