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Author: Hollyn Chase

18

The Story Behind the Story of Donkey and Lamb

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Hollyn Chase

Here’s the saga about the story. I went to the AAUW home tour and at one of the homes I ran into an old friend with such a smashing necklace, I wanted to rip it off her neck. We were… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Hollyn Chase
12

Cascade Christmas: Some Entertainment, a Bit of Levity, and a Dash of Theatre Magic

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Hollyn Chase

This is the story of how I came to write the script of A Cascade Christmas and what I learned from it. Notice the emphasis on the word “story”? This is to clarify that I am not a journalist or… Continue Reading →

Lead Story A Cascade Christmas, Hollyn Chase
23

Take a Fiction Break

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Hollyn Chase

As I wrote this, it was National Library Week and my husband, Jack, was watching paint dry, um, I mean watching golf. This used to annoy me, but now it pleases me as it means he has turned off the… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Hollyn Chase, Only Killers and Thieves, The Great Alone, The Nightingale, White Chrysanthemum
12

My Four Favorite Audiobooks And How I Survived 2017

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Hollyn Chase

Hello, 2018. I am recovering from the flu; I am recovering from 2017. Some of you may have thought 2017 was a wonderful year. How nice for you.  For me, it was a year fraught with fear and loathing, angst… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Hollyn Chase
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Hollyn Chase’s Swedish Book Club Luncheon for Beartown

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Hollyn Chase

I feel privileged to belong to a very special book club. Over twenty-three years we have learned a lot about each other by sharing our opinions about books.  We have become truly book-bound. After that many years, one develops a… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Beartown, book club, Hollyn Chase
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A Modest Proposal – A Solution for Excessive Taxation and the Dilemma of Health Care

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Hollyn Chase

Sometimes I just lie awake at night worrying. It’s hard for me to sleep when I think of all the taxes we pay. Income tax, property tax, sales tax, estate tax—the list just goes on and on. And the bonds!… Continue Reading →

Humor, Lead Story, Opinion A Modest Proposal, Hollyn Chase
10

RIP little iPod—The times, they are a changing …

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Hollyn Chase

One of my favorite Steve Jobs anecdotes is the story of the iPod development. Apple Engineers kept bringing revised versions of the iPod to Jobs and he kept sending them back, insisting that it be made smaller. Finally, they told… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Derek B. Miller, Hollyn Chase, Yuval Noah Harari
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The Tale of Mira, the Hag and the Ogre – Part 1: The Temptation

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Hollyn Chase

This happened in another time and another place. Or perhaps it never happened at all. Maybe it’s an alternate version of a different story; such is the way of fairy tales. In any case, here is my disclaimer: this is… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story, Opinion Hollyn Chase, the Hag and the Ogre, The Tale of Mira
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2016 – A Great Year for Lies and Professional Liars

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Hollyn Chase

Every January I take the time to look back at the best literature of the previous year. Last year, thanks to library audiobooks, I was able to consume 97 books, 86 of them novels. 2016 was a good year to… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story Hollyn Chase
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An Excellent New Book, and a New President-elect

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Hollyn Chase

Tomorrow I’m hosting our monthly book club lunch. I should be frantically cooking and cleaning, but I have the Latvian Stew on simmer and my book club friends will probably forgive me a bit dust. Besides, we’re all aging and… Continue Reading →

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