Saturday Zero: Books and Rice and Random
I’m usually out on the road right now, but some chest congestion and a cough kept me home this morning. If I feel better later, or, more probably, tomorrow I’ll… Read more »
Category: Books
Next up: Louise Erdrich
Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao started a bit rocky for me. A bit too graphic and flippant. But somewhere along the way it turned a corner…. Read more »
A Companion in my Discontent
It seems that I’m not the only one who is discontented with the new norm in entertainment. After 23 years in the business, the New York Times movie critic, A…. Read more »
Next Up: Junot Díaz
Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose was an excellent book….and also one of the most hopeless and depressing pieces of work I’ve ever read. It starts out well enough — one… Read more »
Monday Random
Well, after a day off and plenty of home-made chicken-rice porridge, I think I’ll be fine for now. At least I could do something today — got a bit of… Read more »
Slow Motion
It’s been a busy week. Visitors at work. A couple of new classes starting. The typical admin work that has to be done to keep things going…smoothly. I love doing… Read more »
Friday
I was getting ready for bed tonight and remembered that I wanted to share a song today. But first, I’ll follow up a bit on my reading. I wasn’t too… Read more »
Next up: Wallace Stegner
I’ve finished William Faulkner’s The Reivers: A Reminiscence. The verdict? One of my favorites. I not only loved the style, I also loved the way Faulkner navigated his rather complex… Read more »
Faulkner Follow-Up
Well, I’m a bit into The Reivers, and I have thoughts. And they’re good, but hard to express. I read some time ago, even before I was looking into Pulitzers,… Read more »
Next Up: Faulkner…and stuff
I’ve heard of this guy. He has a reputation — one for which I’ve avoided him. But now I see that he’s one of only four authors who have won… Read more »