A Body With a Soul

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Review: Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway

Apr 10, 20232 min read

Review: Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway

Like him or hate him (for the most part, I like him) Ernest Hemingway was undoubtedly one of the most influential writers of the 20th...

Cam Rhys Lay

Apr 10, 20232 min read

Review: Fairy Tale by Stephen King

The premise of Fairy Tale (person from our world crosses over into alternate world/ reality/ universe) is one that King has used many...

Cam Rhys Lay

Feb 24, 20233 min read

Review: Blood in the Garden

Even though I grew up in California, my favorite basketball team was always the Knicks. I don't remember why I became a Knicks fan other...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 9 - Epilogue)

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 14, 20223 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 9 - Epilogue)

This is the ninth post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took in the first half of 2021. If you want to start at the...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 8 - Back to Kansas by way of Wyoming)

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 12, 20224 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 8 - Back to Kansas by way of Wyoming)

This is the eighth post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took in the first half of 2021. If you want to start at the...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 7 - Missoula)

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 7, 20227 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 7 - Missoula)

This is the seventh post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took in the first half of 2021. If you want to start at the...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 6 - Oregon)

Cam Rhys Lay

Aug 11, 20224 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 6 - Oregon)

This is the sixth post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took in the first half of 2021. If you want to start at the...

Cam Rhys Lay

Jan 21, 20223 min read

Review: Eternals

Warning: Minor Spoilers The proliferation of comic book movies and television series seems to have polarized audiences into two camps:...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 5 - We Arrive)

Cam Rhys Lay

Jan 9, 20225 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 5 - We Arrive)

This is the fifth post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took during the first half of 2021 in the middle of the...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 4 - Going to California)

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 4, 20215 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 4 - Going to California)

This is the fourth post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took earlier this year in the middle of the pandemic. You...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 3 - Moab)

Cam Rhys Lay

Nov 13, 202110 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 3 - Moab)

This is the third post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took earlier this year in the middle of the pandemic. You can...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 2 - Lawrence)

Cam Rhys Lay

Oct 24, 202110 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 2 - Lawrence)

This is the second post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took earlier this year in the middle of the pandemic. If you...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 1 - Asheville)

Cam Rhys Lay

Oct 15, 20216 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Part 1 - Asheville)

This is the first official post about the 5-month road trip my wife, daughter, and I took earlier this year in the middle of the...

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Prologue)

Cam Rhys Lay

Sep 15, 20217 min read

"A Mask and a Minivan" - Our Pandemic Road Trip (Prologue)

For most of this year, my wife, our baby daughter Eowyn, and I were on a cross country road trip while I worked remote. While we knew...

Review (sort of): The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Cam Rhys Lay

Aug 25, 20213 min read

Review (sort of): The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Terry Brooks is not a bad writer. Let's get that out of the way right from the get-go. Yes, he should probably still be paying some kind...

Cam Rhys Lay

Jul 2, 20213 min read

Review: Old Man Star-Lord

A review on the latest Marvel podcast through 6 episodes. As I've previously written, I really enjoyed some of the Stitcher/ Marvel...

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 27, 20202 min read

Review: Boom Town by Sam Anderson

Every once in a while you come across a piece of writing or art that feels like it was created just for you. For me, Boom Town was that...

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 15, 202016 min read

Stephen King Books Ranked

The Top 20 Books: A Meta-Analysis/ Ranking I came to Stephen King pretty late in my reading life. As someone who got an MFA and has...

Review: The Pioneers by David McCullough

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Review: The Pioneers by David McCullough

In The Pioneers, McCullough, perhaps best known for his books John Adams and 1776, traces the lives of several of the early settlers of...

Cam Rhys Lay

Dec 5, 20201 min read

On Digging Through Old Stuff

One of the interesting things about getting a little older (and, yes I understand that depending on your perspective, thirty-nine is not...

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