Sonia Heidi Unruh
Bio
I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.
Stories (122/0)
The Boy Who Lived
I first encountered the world of Harry Potter by eavesdropping on a friend reading the first book to her young daughter. My friend was a good narrator, and her daughter was clearly enthralled. I too got caught up in the overheard snippet of story about a resilient hero, the orphan hailed as "the Boy Who Lived."
By Sonia Heidi Unruh8 months ago in BookClub
I Don't Know If There Is Such a Thing as a Tesseract, But I'm Glad There's A Wrinkle in Time
Tempestuous Meg, her genius little brother, and lonely neighbor Calvin adventure through dimensions to find Meg's long-missing father, aided by three mysterious ... angels? Fighting to resist It (a giant, pulsing, fascist brain), Meg must embrace her feisty imperfections to restore her beloved, brainwashed brother. Timeless lesson: love overcomes darkness.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh8 months ago in Critique
How Intelligence Began
In the beginning was a grain of sand, and a star. Each existed alone, experiencing the fullness of their properties. The grain of sand contemplated the solidity of its being, the immutability of its presence. It simply was. The star, in contrast, was all motion and change, heat and light. It radiated mystery.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh9 months ago in Fiction
Anne of Green Gables
Orphan dreams, despairs, talks, talks, breaks slate, makes friends, blooms ... finally belongs. ~ *Indebted to Judey Kalchik for launching this Book Review Haiku challenge, and inspired by so many wonderful poetic summaries! If anyone else has already haiku'd Anne, I'm sorry I missed it -- please let me know in the comments.*
By Sonia Heidi Unruh9 months ago in Poets
- Top Story - July 2023
