Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Sunday, November 15, 2020
From the movie corner of Graziella: After his acclaimed 2012 debut Neighboring Sounds (last week’s recommendation), writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho followed up with another film about his hometown, Recife. Aquarius (2016) takes a […]...
Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Sunday, November 8, 2020
More from the movie corner of Graziella: Neighboring Sounds This week’s film takes us to Recife, the largest urban area of the Northeast in Brazil. Set in a middle-class neighborhood and […]...
Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Saturday, October 31, 2020
More from the movie corner of Graziella: Poetry Like last week’s The Wind Will Carry Us, albeit differently, this week’s film is a tribute to poetry. Quietly heartrending and uplifting at […]...
Helpful Habits
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Habits for Health By Martha E. Fagan, RN, BSN Keystone habits can be defined as “small changes or habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into […]...
Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Sunday, October 25, 2020
From the movie corner of Graziella: The Wind Will Carry Us This week’s recommendation takes us to Iran and its Kurdish minority, in a poetry laced and intellectually challenging, unusual […]...
The Power of Poetry
Sunday, October 11, 2020
The Power of Poetry By Martha E. Fagan, RN, BSN This week as I pondered what to write I kept thinking of how words can be swords, shields or salves. […]...
Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Sunday, October 11, 2020
More from the movie corner of Graziella: Electric Shadows This week’s film is a fairly typical heart-warmer made in 2004 by Xiao Jiang — nom de plume of Jia Yan. […]...
Reflections
Sunday, October 4, 2020
REFLECTIONS By Martha Fagan RN, BSN The crispness in the air and the vibrant foliage colors remind us that autumn is here, and winter awaits. This is the time of […]...
Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Sunday, October 4, 2020
More from the movie corner of Graziella: Sweet Bean Forty years ago we might have said that this week’s recommendation is “the most Japanese of films.” Afraid of stereotyping, we […]...
Act “As If”
Sunday, September 27, 2020
ACT “AS IF” By Martha E. Fagan, RN, BSN What if the way we act, our chosen behaviors, could change the way we think and feel? William James, considered the […]...
Staff Pick: Movie of the Week
Friday, September 25, 2020
More from the movie corner of Graziella: The Embrace of the Serpent This week’s film is one of those rare gems whose refracted light can be harsh and yet rewarding […]...
Reading Elena Ferrante
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Among the many anticipated new books this fall is the latest novel by Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults. Elena Ferrante is a pseudonym for an Italian author whose identity remains […]...
