Original Flash Fiction: “Falling Stars”
Do you remember the time we got lost within the nebula? You sneezed cosmic dust for a week and the helium made our voices sound ...
In Honor of International Women’s Day, My Favorite Scene From My Favorite Czech New Wave Film
Most are probably familiar with the 1960s French New Wave film movement popularized by Jean-Luc Godard. Around the same era there was a similar movement happening in Czechoslovakia, when films arose with loose narrative structures and absurd situations. Pioneer female filmmaker Věra Chytilová made Daisies in 1966 about two teenage girls behaving badly. The film ...
NYD’s Top 8 Posts of 2018
It’s interesting to go back and compare my posts from year to year, allowing me to take inventory of how Neptune Your Dial evolves and potential changes for the coming year. This year, I noticed a shift in content as well as a clearer idea of what I want this blog to represent. I have ...
This Week in Liz: Breaking Busy and Enjoying the Spare Moments
The list of ways I can occupy my time has become endless. There’s the full-time job, then my creative writing as well as Neptune Your Dial, plus keeping up with posting content on social media, not to mention all the daily tasks- making a dentist appointment, going to yoga class, getting an oil change, walking ...
NYD 2018 Holiday Gift Guide
We are officially in the middle of December, meaning it’s time to put a pause on Netflix holiday movie watching and finish up last minute gift shopping. Our friends and family each have their own interests, from the bookish to science lovers to outdoorsy types. Neptune Your Dial has compiled a list for your siblings, ...
Five Books for the Holidays
December is very much upon us, which for bookish types means escaping the chaos of gift shopping, parties and relatives by curling up with a good read. During the holidays, I love to tuck into old and new favorites. Faithful tales that bring me joy. Here are some of my favorites. Little Women, by Louisa ...
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Laying in my bed the Friday after Thanksgiving, recovering from southern comfort foods eaten in excess and online shopping, equally overindulged in, I watched Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. The animated series reboots She-Ra: Princess of Power, which aired during the 1980s, a spin-off of the He-Man franchise. The series follows Adora, who has ...
Monthly Wrap: November 2018
Monthly Wrap is my monthly post about recent happenings and things I’m loving or just feel like sharing. In other words, whatever happens to be taking up space in my brain. Here’s where my head has been lately: Thanksgiving in Savannah This year I spent Thanksgiving with immediate and extended family in Savannah, Georgia. My grandmother’s ...
Essay of the day: “Autumnal Tints” by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau loved the natural world and held a deep respect for the organic changes brought by the seasons. This essay is a perfect read as fall sets in and we admire the multi-colored foliage. Thoreau enjoyed a good leaf-peeping as much as many of us do now, confused by his neighbors in Concord, ...
A Digital Exhibition of the History of U.S. Public Libraries
The United States has a long-running respect and tradition when it comes to public libraries. Libraries came about as an answer to the Enlightenment era, when science, reading, and learning found significance in much of the western world. Access to books was difficult for most people pre-Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin, along with members of his ...
Monthly Wrap: October 2018
Monthly Wrap is my monthly post about recent happenings and things I’m loving or just feel like sharing. In other words, whatever happens to be taking up space in my brain. Here’s where my head has been lately: Science-Fiction Writing Class At the beginning of the month I started a six-week Science-Fiction Writing Workshop through Emory ...
