Superheroes we can Root For
It’s been my opinion for a while now that Marvel has killed the “superhero” genre. At least the way they tell it. It’s gotten so bad that they now have… Read more »
Category: Recommendations
Willa Cather gets her Own
When I started my Pulitzer run, I developed a pattern of announcing the next book by writing “Next Up” followed by the author’s name. Then I’d give a brief recap… Read more »
Brilliant
I started Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead (2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) remembering that I’d read her before and…didn’t mind, many years back. But I’ll be doggoned if I can remember… Read more »
A Tough Act to Follow
Usually, when I finish one of the Pulitzers I’m reading, I’ll announce it by moving on to the next. Not so with The Orphan Master’s Son. While I began with… Read more »
Three Things that I would Consider
I’m kind of down on the military right now. I feel like they’re out of shape and unprepared. I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but from my… Read more »
Tuesday Random
The last couple of days have been a bit of a wild ride. Nothing critical, just mentally and physically exhausting. Making everything run as smoothly as my typical standard demands… Read more »
Language is Hard (Sometimes)
I’ve often opined that being surrounded by geniuses tends to take one down a notch. I’ve spent my life in such situations — three brilliant sisters, two incredible brothers; high… Read more »
A Recommendation: The Humble Skeptic
Billy Joel wasn’t famous in 1973. So when Shane Rosenthal’s father claimed to have see him at a piano bar at the corner of Wilshire and Western in Los Angeles… Read more »
Moving right along…
Today’s Monday. The President’s Day holiday. I appreciated the day off. It gave me a chance to get over to the shop and have them upgrade the software in my… Read more »
How it’s Done
I was listening to some meditative classical music today — I like to do that while I’m reading or working to drown out any extraneous noise — and I came… Read more »