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    Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark

    December 28, 2022 - By 

    When I was a little Gilly, my Ma got roped into a Reader’s Digest Condensed Books subscription. This novel appeared in vol. 217 in 1995 when I was 12. I didn’t have the luxury of attending the library often as a child. Going to the library was a treat because it wasn’t a thing that I was allowed to do frequently. My Ma never had time to take me to the library because she had other things to do, and keeping my rambunctious kid brother in line at the library was damn near impossible. Our activities had to be a…

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    Season 3, Episode 029: A New Hope

    August 2, 2022 - By 

    Happy belated second birthday to the podcast! It’s been a wild ride. A mini-sode to hold you over in anticipation of season 3. And a freshened-up logo to celebrate this new era. I hope you enjoy it! Well, well, well. We meet again. You may be wondering about the unnaturally long hiatus and why I was gone with nary a goodbye. The grief remains raw, but my father – the OG superhero in my life – passed away in April of 2022, the year I recorded this brief mini-sode. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been screaming into the void with…