Friday Random: Happy New Year
Good morning from a nation that celebrates the Lunar New Year. I haven’t had much to say lately, but have decided that maybe a few random thoughts are in order…. Read more »
Category: Books
Friday Already…
Time flies when you don’t have anything much to say, so here’s another bit of random… Our poor dog just had surgery the other day to remove five masses from… Read more »
The Final Tally
I just finished Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. It’s an excellent book that read so quickly I was able to finish it on time (that is, before midnight on December… Read more »
Coming in at Number 4: The Sympathizer
So my timing’s off. I really needed this book to last until the end of the year, but it was good enough that down the stretch I finished it early…. Read more »
Wednesday Words
Gonna try this, because it’s just words. And it’s Wednesday. Still, there’s not much to say… I love the movie Encanto. I’ve mentioned that before, along with mentioning it comes… Read more »
Next Up: Nguyen
Well, I’m caught in between on this one. Was The Overstory good enough to give it it’s own piece of writing? Right on the edge, really. Some things about it… Read more »
Questioning Christianity
Tim Keller has always been a meaningful thinker for me. You may recall (if you’ve read here for a while now) that he passed away in May of this year…. Read more »
Words for Wednesday
One of my favorite lines, from the movie Gettysburg: “We’ve got grievances.” Don’t we all? But here I am, getting ready for another lighting trip to the States — there… Read more »
The Spiritual Exchange
I’ve found Richard Powers’s The Overstory quite refreshing so far. Up to this point, it’s been short stories about people, but looking at the table of contents, I see that… Read more »
A Few Short Notes
I put my heart into finishing Momaday’s House Made of Dawn by its due date, and it continued to baffle me. It was a beautifully written book as far as… Read more »