Author: RoseMary Griffith

Book Review: The Late Show

In my reviews of Connelly’s work I have often said that he does not always write a well-rounded female character. They are often minor players, there to support a male character. Yet there are times, such as with Bosch’s daughter, Maddy and her mother, Rachel, that they are intriguing and can stand on their own merits. With The Late Show and Renee Ballard is, perhaps, the start of something new. Is Renee rather confusing and rough around the edges? A little. But I have hope and feel it would be wrong to be hypercritical of a worthwhile author who has taken this gamble on a new series … Doing that takes guts.

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Doors Open Pittsburgh – What a City View!

Doors Open Pittsburgh is a fantastic way to see the Steel City’s historic buildings from the inside out as well as structures built as part of the new tech/financial/medical city that keeps progressing in remaking itself. It’s great fun to be able to access places that you normally cannot get into unless you work there.

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Snotnose 38 — a Childhood Trauma That Shaped Me

Kids are mean. I know this. I know that today in our society, bullying has reached epic proportions. The internet has exacerbated the problem. I’ve no idea how I would have turned out if some of my more humiliating moments had been captured on video and sent around cyberspace.

It was bad enough having my less than shining moments shared (and remembered to this day) among the dozen cousins that occupied my stratosphere. In our neighborhood, growing up on the dead-end known as Griffith Road in Griffith Hollow, nothing was off limits. We tortured each other and played and fought and played and fought some more.

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RoseMary Griffith

Rosemary Griffith in light blue shirt against purple background

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