Review: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre

A few years ago I received as a gift a fuzzy white blanket printed in script with the words, “I remembered that the real world was wide.” The quote was attributed to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, a book I have read at least five times and perhaps more. While I appreciated finding some Jane swagContinue reading “Review: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre”

Review: Jenny Robertson’s Hoist House

In underground mining, a hoist is the machinery that makes possible the movement from the aboveground world to the world below. Some hoists were once powered by steam; now they are all electric. The world’s largest steam hoisting engine is housed in northern Michigan, and the shaft hoist house itself appears on the state andContinue reading “Review: Jenny Robertson’s Hoist House”