by Mary | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
Reviewed for the Cleveland Plain Dealer by Mary Doria Russell, April 8, 2012: Novels. Symphonies. Wonder drugs. Scientific breakthroughs. Live performances that bring you to tears. That moment when a bat launches a ball toward the bleachers with a swing so sweet, it...
by Mary | Mar 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Tickets for the gunfight?” That’s the question I heard over and over during the past few days. Spring break is the busiest two weeks in the Tombstone, Arizona, tourist season. I was signing copies of Doc while hundreds of people shuffled past the...
by Mary | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Reviewed for The Washington Post by Mary Doria Russell, March 6, 2012: Unlike the lucky students of classicist Madeline Miller, I was never exposed to Homer in my youth. Until I was 60 and writing about Doc Holliday (who read the classics in their original languages),...
by Mary | Feb 27, 2012 | Current events, DOC, Just for fun!, Uncategorized, What I'm working on now.
It’s getting ugly out there on the campaign trail, but I am determined to keep running for president, as long as no actual physical running is involved, because I love my country enough to write a blog essay about it. In a stunning act of political courage, I...
by Mary | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
One week on, and life is starting to get back to normal. Annie the Dachshund is doing her best to take our minds off the loss of Leo the Retriever by having an episode of back trouble, so we can pay attention even more attention to her than usual. Four hundred years...
by Mary | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ten and a half is a good long life for a big dog like a golden retriever. The vet agrees that we’re doing the right thing. Hard as it will be, we have no doubts either. So I just made Leo’s last appointment. Leo’s back left knee has been lame...
