Tag Archives: #America

Pandemic Plusses: The True Test Begins, and a Mighty Strength Rises

Posted on March 24, 2020 by chrisryanwrites

Monday proved to be a grind. And Tuesday is serving up more of the same. This ain’t last week, folks. The adventure’s gone. The novelty’s worn off. And some of our leaders are wandering away from medical intelligence and the … Continue reading →

Posted in writing | Tagged #America, #AmericanSpirit, #CivilRights, #COVID-19, #equalrights, #pandemic, #stayhome, #WorldWarII | Leave a comment

Testing, Testing….

Posted on December 17, 2019 by chrisryanwrites

I have had months of problems with publishing on this blog and very little time to work to correct it (happy problem: writing deadlines! Yay!) So here’s a test post and a reminder: I am a husband and father first, … Continue reading →

Posted in writing | Tagged #Amazon, #amediting, #America, #amreading, #AmRevising, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #comedy, #comics, #crime, #ebook, #editing, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #Kindle, #Marvel, #Nook, #publishing, #selfpublishing, #Storytelling, #womenwriters, #WriteMotivation, #writersblock, #writerslife, #WriterWednesday, #writingtips, writing | Leave a comment

I’ve Been Away Awhile, Rebuilding

Posted on September 18, 2018 by chrisryanwrites

I haven’t posted since mid-summer when I gushed about U2. Been rebuilding. This blog now appears on my new website, http://www.chrisryanwrites.com. Worth a look, if I do say so myself. Been rebuilding my social media presence, too. Much more Instagram, … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Book lovers, fiction, politics, pop culture, writing | Tagged #America, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #writerslife, #WriterWednesday | Leave a comment

U2 Uses Mysterious Brush With Death to Defend the Idea of America

Posted on July 2, 2018 by chrisryanwrites

My wife, known here and on my social media as the goddess, has saved my life yet again; she took me to the U2 Innocence and Experience Tour 2018 five times. Yeah, five concerts, same band, same show. Five times … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Music, politics, pop culture, Spirituality, U2, U2 Innocence and Experience Tour 2018, writing | Tagged #America, #theideaofamerica, #U2, #U2InnocenceandExperienceTour2018 | Leave a comment

New Year’s Eve Epiphany

Posted on January 1, 2018 by chrisryanwrites

“It’s the final countdown…” The was the song playing when I got bagels this morning. Hard not to smirk. Harder to dismiss in this, the era of American divisiveness. But we haven’t lost all hope, not yet. At least that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in #adventure, #comedy, #POTUS, #Trump, America, Faith, fiction, Marvel Cinematic Universe, politics, pop culture, Spirituality, writing | Tagged #2018, #America, #American, #amwriting, #BlackMirror, #Callister, #divisiveness, #MariahCarey, #Marvel, #politics, #publishing, #selfpublishing | Leave a comment

10 Reasons to Applaud Tina Fey’s “Cake”

Posted on August 19, 2017 by chrisryanwrites

Social media is blowing up about Tina Fey’s appearance on Weekend Update Summer Edition, accusing her of white privilege and insensitivity, and all that blame misses several points. Tina Fey’s piece is brilliant and brave and aimed right at Nazis … Continue reading →

Posted in #comedy, #POTUS, #Trump, America, politics, pop culture, TinaFey, Weekend Update, writing | Tagged #America, #comedy, #WeekendUpdate, #whitesupremacists, #womenwriters, TinaFey, writing | Leave a comment

Washington, DC or Local Schools: Which is America?

Posted on June 14, 2017 by chrisryanwrites

I had two diametrically opposed experiences today. One was the Jeff Sessions Session. The other was a local high school academic awards dinner. And it struck during the dinner that I had witnessed staggeringly different expressions of America within hours … Continue reading →

Posted in #POTUS, #Trump, America, education, Faith, High school, love, parenting, politics, pop culture, Spirituality, teaching, teenagers | Tagged #academichonors, #America, #Comey, #Congress, #graduation2017, #Newsmedia, #Russia, #scholarship, #SenateHearing, #Sessions, #Trump, AmericanIdeal | Leave a comment

10 Questions about Tonight’s The Walking Dead Finale

Posted on March 29, 2015 by chrisryanwrites

I’ve been intrigued with this season of The Walking Dead. Kirkman and the boys have done impressive work making what we know as normal seem weird and unnatural and tension-filled in the TWD world. And it worries me. Yes, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in America, comics, fiction, film, pop culture, The Walking Dead | Tagged #AMC, #AMCTheWalkingDead, #America, #amwriting, #authorlife, #Negan, #RickGrimes, #RobertKirkman, #TheWalkingDead, #TheWalkingDeadFinale, #TWD | Leave a comment

The USA is stronger than a magazine cover

Posted on July 18, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

There is a controversy now about the latest cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. It features an apparently cleaned up version of a headshot of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Bomber. Some say Rolling Stone has made him “look like a … Continue reading →

Posted in America, education, husband, kids, love, parenting, politics, pop culture, sons, teaching, teenagers, writing | Tagged #, #America, #BostonBombing, #FreedomOfThePress, #publishing, #RollingStone | Leave a comment

What do we do after Zimmerman? Listen to Abuela

Posted on July 17, 2013 by chrisryanwrites

In the aftermath of the Zimmerman acquittal, with factions still wounded by the decision, groups still debating what happened, how it happened, what went right, what went wrong, and what it all means for the Americas (white America, black America, … Continue reading →

Posted in America, education, kids, love, marriage, parenting, politics, pop culture, sons, sports, super-heroes, teaching, teenagers, Uncategorized, wife, writing | Tagged #America, #Florida, #profiling, #racism, #SkittlesAndIcedTea, #Trayvon, #trial, #Zimmerman | Leave a comment

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