A Beautiful Love Song
It’d been a while since I’d heard it, but as I was going through some of my old music, I stumbled upon a collection of Alan Jackson’s best. Now, I… Read more »
Follow-up: Trees on a Slope (나무들 비탈에 서다)
Just a few days ago I wrote about some of my reading and put in a word for a Korean author, Hwang Sun-won, and his book Trees on a Slope…. Read more »
Love the Backside Fire Road
I used to hate climbing. I’m no huge fan of it now as it is, but I’m no longer intimidated. That’s because back in April I went out and found… Read more »
The Art of Forgetting
In my recent reflection on the 20th century, I explored a bit of what it was like through some of its literature. That actually wasn’t the low-hanging fruit though, it… Read more »
Reading Around
I’ve been all over the place with my reading lately. As I mentioned recently, I’ve whipped through two of Peter Benchley’s better novels, The Deep and Jaws, within the past… Read more »
Music Break: Matteo Mancuso
For all I know, I’ve put this up before on this blog; but it’s just so worth it. Matteo Mancuso is an incredible Jazz guitarist, and I love listening to… Read more »
The Greatest Century, Part I
I don’t know what put me there, but I picked up Jack Kerouac’s On the Road the other day and in listening I’m reminded of just how good the writing… Read more »
Better than the Book
I don’t know if I should give you a spoiler alert here, but hey, maybe some of the young kids haven’t seen the movie or read the book Jaws, so… Read more »
Fire the Bum
Well, today’s game between the Packers and the Chiefs was kind of a flat affair. While there were some bright spots, I guess I expected too much of the rest… Read more »
Easy
I was up early this morning. As usual. Not out of bed yet, but just about ready. Thinking about what to do…but not thinking too hard. Pick up the iPad… Read more »