Lucy A. Snyder

Travel review: Hotel Il Nido

August 10, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

The Il Nido (Italian for “The Nest”) is a pretty little family-run hotel about 5 kilometers outside Sorrento, Italy. It was established in 1964. The […]

Travel review: The Isle of Capri

August 10, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

This Italian island’s name is pronounced CAP-ree, rather than ca-PREE. Capri was not named for goats (as one might guess from the name, since “capreae” […]

Generic books

August 9, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Many of us remember the ultra-plainly-labeled, über-cheap generic foods sold in bulk at grocery stores a few decades back. Stuff like bulk beer, which came […]

Travel review: Pompeii

August 5, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

If you’re visiting southwestern Italy and have the chance to visit the ruins at Pompeii, I strongly suggest you do so. The place is amazing, […]

Travel review: Herculaneum

August 5, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

The Italian ruins at Herculaneum are about 6 miles from the shore of the Bay of Naples. Visiting them was quite an interesting experience. If […]

How to comfort someone whose mother or father has died

August 4, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Watching my mother die was a wrenching experience I still don’t have the words to describe. I have experienced no deeper grief than the day […]

Book Review: Devil’s Tower by Mark Sumner

August 3, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

A Review of Mark Sumner’s novel Devil’s Tower (Del Rey, 1996) Devil’s Tower is a sprawling, entertaining novel that blurs the boundaries between fantasy, western […]

Movie Review: Altered States

August 2, 2005 Lucy A. Snyder 0

Altered States is a 1980 movie directed by British filmmaker Ken Russell. It deals with an American scientist, Eddie Jessup (played by William Hurt and […]