Sarah Zama's Blog, page 13
January 27, 2022
Big Sky Murder by Sharilyn Decter (Book Review)
A historical cosy mystery set in the 1920s in quite an unexpected setting: a mine town in Montana. But feisty women can be foudn there too.
Bystander (Elie Wiesel) International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
"What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander." - Elie Wiesel
January 20, 2022
Hooch ’n Hell Raisers- Entrepreneurial women thriving during Prohibition Era America
1920s Prohibition turned many mothers into bootleggers and women into entrepreneurs
January 17, 2022
Martin Luther King Day 2022 – Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.” - Martin Luther King jr
January 13, 2022
How the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Impacted People’s Everyday Life
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 disappeared from everyone's memory as soon as it was over. Nobody seemed willing to address it, not even historians. Yet, it had lasting effects on the population that lived through it and has become relevant today once more in our new pandemic times.
January 6, 2022
Midnight by Brenden Carlson (book review)
In a gritty, tech-noir version of 1930s Manhattan, an ex-cop and his robot partner must stop a killer who’s sending the city into chaos.
January 3, 2022
The good in things (JRR Tolkien)
You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil - JRR Tolkien
December 31, 2021
Hope (Albert Camus) Happy New Year 2022
“Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.”― Albert Camus
December 25, 2021
The Western Front, December 1914: The Christmas Truce
It was supposed to be over by Christmas, but when Christmas actually came in that first year of war in 1914, the end was not in sight by a long shot. Yet, the troops on all fronts were more than ready to see the end, and on that Christmas Day, they tried to overcome the logic of the war on their terms. At least for a while.
December 16, 2021
The Magic of the (non-Hollywood) Silver Screen
In the 1930s, Hollywood was rising, but it wasn't the centre of international cinema yet. Other nations had flourishing silver screen productions. London was at the forefront.
