Finding Simplicity
I’ve been ruminating on the stark, sterilized lives we live these days. Lives where everything needs to meet expectations, and those expectations always basking in the gleam of something new,… Read more »
Category: Books
Why Roosevelt?
When we were all much younger, most of the Fraleigh clan would spend a little time in the American west. The annual vacations were always fun and interesting, and I… Read more »
Tim O’Brien: The Things They Carried
I’ve loved history as long as I can remember. So much so that I got a degree in it many years ago. I’m most fascinated though by 20th Century history… Read more »
I read a book…
Amazing. After a great year of Pulitzers, I’ve really laid off the reading. I got a couple of history books in, and thought that would be the theme of the… Read more »
More History…
Much like I discovered by accident that I was reading Pulitzers (by my third straight) last year, I’ve stumbled upon much the same this year. I’ve already mentioned getting through… Read more »
History from Both Sides
I’ve just had the good fortune of reading two books back-to-back in a way to make them both more interesting. Having recently finished Masters of the Air, a book about… Read more »
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 »
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 »