by Jamie Holloway | Feb 21, 2018 | The Magnificent Journey
I sit naked, with only the gown on waiting to be called to the operating room I am reminded of how many times I have been through this. The nurses, the doctors, are all kind and have looks of bewilderment, amazement, and apprehensive when the see and realize that this...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 19, 2018 | Books/Music
My focus word for 2018 is Rebuild, so I was excited when I received Tom Holladay’s book PUtting it Together Again When It’s All Fallen Apart. Several people in my life suggested that read Nehemiah as my Bible Study this year. I’m glad that I received this book...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 7, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I was younger I enjoyed reading the stories in the old testament of the Bible. I loved Ester, Hannah, and many others. Recently I was excited to learn that there are writers who write fiction stories about these same characters that I adore. I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 5, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In the early nineties when I was a sophomore in high school I wrote a research paper on the right to die. Back then I was for it, I was young and somewhat healthy, my views have changed a bit since my sophomore year in high schools but not by much. In...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 4, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have discovered that I enjoy reading historical fiction a few months back, so when I was offered a chance to read another historical fiction novel I was excited. In Suzanne Woods Fisher historical fiction novel a young woman name Phoebe explores whaling and...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 3, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I saw Tiffany Haddish interviewed a couple of times and I thought she was smart and funny. Then when I saw The Last Black Unicorn her memoir I knew I wanted to read it. I’m glad I did. Haddish is a warrior, she has been through hell a few times and she kept on...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 2, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I like to laugh. Laughter is medicine to me. Even now as I write this in the middle of night while suffering from insomnia due to not being able to breathe well because of my tracheal stenosis I still appreciate a good book such as Why I Hate Green Beans by...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 1, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Smart bullets, snipers, the FBI, and the military if you enjoy reading anything about these things then Susan Sleeman’s book Kill Shot is for you. I like getting lost in a story and Sleeman’s book allowed me to to do just that. I was intrigued about the smart...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 31, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
By the title of The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating A Successful Future you would think it was a self-help book, but it isn’t. It has elements of a self-help book but it is tone in a story-telling way. I like it. I was surprised when I started...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 30, 2018 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Racism, what exactly is it? What does it feel like? What does it look like? There are so many ways to discriminate against someone, either because of their sex or their color or whether or not they are obese or not. It is prevalent even now. In Melba Pattillo...
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