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Mental Health Movie: Home Before Dark

This is the third installment of our Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters movies that are about characters with mental and emotional health issues. In each of the three so far, what the characters need most to heal is a strong support system. Home Before Dark is from 1958 and like, Now, Voyager before it,Continue reading “Mental Health Movie: Home Before Dark”

20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny

I am the author of a biography about my father’s amazing story of living as a Jewish man in Hungary when the Nazis, and later the communists, seized power. Growing up in affluence, young Ervin Wolf was forced into a labor camp, unaware that his parents were deported to Auschwitz. In Not a Real Enemy:Continue reading “20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny”

Mental and Emotional Healing in Now, Voyager

Celeste and I continued our Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters series of movies about mental and emotional health with this very famous movie, Now, Voyager (1942) with Bette Davis, Claude Rains, and Paul Henreid. Here’s the description of the movie. Charlotte Vale, a member of a wealthy Boston family, has a nervous breakdown andContinue reading “Mental and Emotional Healing in Now, Voyager”

Thrilling Reading to Keep Your Mind Engaged

It’s been awhile since I posted regularly. I’ve finished revisions to my book Time’s Echo and sent it off for comments from beta readers. Which means, I’ve time to post a few book suggestions for you. The summer has become autumn and maybe your reading tastes have changed too. Recently, I’ve read some interesting booksContinue reading “Thrilling Reading to Keep Your Mind Engaged”

Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters: Captain Newman, M.D.

The issue of mental and emotional health is a topic of much debate these days. After the pandemic and now all the chaos going on in the world, those of us who might not have acknowledged the fact that our own emotional and even mental well-being are in jeopardy are now considering how to cope.Continue reading “Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters: Captain Newman, M.D.”