Book Review: Appalachian Alchemy by Barlow Adams

by Lynn Lipinski | Oct 5, 2018 | Fiction, Writing

This first appeared in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel in October 2018. Are you made of lead or water? Will you sink, or will you flow? Life is rough on the banks of the Kentucky River in Barlow Adams’s debut novella, Appalachian Alchemy, which finds the youngest...

Book Review: You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

by Lynn Lipinski | Apr 21, 2018 | Fiction, Writing

This review first appeared in The Same on March 28, 2018. My freshman year of high school I crushed on a boy named T. After months of in-class flirting and meaningful looks, T. asked me to go to the movies with him one afternoon after school. My first date! I was...

My father, five years gone

by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 13, 2017 | Dad, Essays and Features, Personal

I spent the two last years of my dad’s life traveling the globe for a job, a lucky perk with terrible timing. My world expanded as Parkinson’s disease shrunk Dad’s world to a hospital bed and the cracks in the ceiling. I’ve learned this lesson again and...

Protect yourself with better passwords

by Lynn Lipinski | Jul 6, 2017 | Essays and Features, Technology, Unsolicited advice

I have more digital passwords than keys, and without a handy key ring and visual clues like a Hello Kitty key cap, I’m having a hard time keeping them straight. Add to that the cautions of most info security professionals to avoid using the same passwords across...

In Memoriam: Margaret Arakawa

by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 30, 2016 | Personal, Profiles

Steve’s mother, Margaret Arakawa, died on December 26, 2016 of natural causes at home and surrounded by family in Arleta, Calif. She was 92. Feisty and faithful, Margaret worked hard to gain her mobility and voice back after a serious stroke in January 2015. We...