Author Archives: Aya Katz

About Aya Katz

Aya Katz is the administrator of Pubwages. When she is not busy administering, she sometimes also writes posts like a regular user.

Misconceptions About Religion

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Aya Katz

The greatest misconception that one person can have about another person’s religion is that the other person is somehow less informed or not as intelligent or more primitive to be taken in by the imagery in the representation of the … Continue reading →

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Filksing with Mark Horning and Samantha Moore

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Aya Katz

On Friday, December 17, Julia Hanna and I hosted a filksing with Mark Horning and Samantha Moore. Mark Horning is a singer/songwriter from California currently living in Arizona. He has been active in the filk community from 1993. Samatha Moore … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Hometown Cha Cha Cha

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Aya Katz

What if everything that your small town had to offer you was lavished on your upbringing and education? What if from humble beginnings you were accepted into one of the best universities in the country? What if after graduation you … Continue reading →

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Filksing with Leslie Fish, Anne Prather & Mark Horning

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Aya Katz

On Nov. 19, 2021 we held a filksing with some of filk’s greatest performers. Leslie Fish and Anne Prather are world famous filkers from the heydey of filking’s best. They were joined a little later by Mark Horning, another accomplished … Continue reading →

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A Persimmon for Bow

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Aya Katz

I have a ten acre hobby farm where I have lived for the past twenty years. Over the years, what used to be our pasture has become a wild, wooded area with many different species of trees. I did not … Continue reading →

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Interview with Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Aya Katz

Jacqueline Lichtenberg is a co-author of the non-fiction classic Star Trek Lives, along with Sondra Marshak and Joan Winston. This book chronicles the success of Trek fandom in reviving Star Trek for one additional season. Lichtenberg is also known for … Continue reading →

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Review of “Her Private Life”

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Aya Katz

Her Private Life is a South Korean drama against the backdrop of the artistic life. Sung Duk-Mi is a curator at the Cheom Museum of art by day, and a fan of kpop idol Cha Si-An by night. She also … Continue reading →

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Interview with Jean Graham

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Aya Katz

Julia Hanna and I interviewed Jean Graham on our show on Oct. 22, 2021. Jean Graham is a writer of short stories in both the horror and the science fiction genre. Her work is available on Amazon. Before becoming a … Continue reading →

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Review of the Rational Life

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Aya Katz

The Rational Life is a Chinese drama that came out in March of 2021. It follows the life of a thirty-three year old woman, Shen Ruo Xin, who is working in the legal department of an automobile manufacturer called ZenPro. … Continue reading →

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Monarch Butterflies in the Fall

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Aya Katz

Below is a video that puts together many amazing sights I saw while walking on my ten acre property today. There are my chickens and ducks, of course. There are the twin fawns who show up to graze on my … Continue reading →

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