passages – Liz Durano

Musings Over Coffee (That’s Still Brewing): Life is Too Short

No matter how often I tell myself and everyone to do what they want to do and write what they want to write, I still have this (un)conscious desire to please everyone. So it’s no surprise when I feel devastated when someone leaves scathing reviews like, “I’m glad I didn’t shell out any money for this book butContinue reading “Musings Over Coffee (That’s Still Brewing): Life is Too Short”

Near Dark and Passages

I woke up this morning to the news that one of my favorite actors passed away. Bill Paxton starred in Apollo 13, Aliens, Titanic, Twister, and my all-time favorite cult classic contemporary vampire movie, Near Dark (1987). It’s an independent film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who would later win an Oscar for Hurt Locker, and starsContinue reading “Near Dark and Passages”

It’s Been A Year…

And the loss is just as profound… It’s a human need to be told stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. –Continue reading “It’s Been A Year…”