An Every Day Reader on FridayReads
Every week on Friday, I sent at least one tweet with the #fridayreads hashtag. Why do I do this? To celebrate reading. What is FridayReads? On Fridays, people share what they are reading. And reading...
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Imagining Sisyphus Happy
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Albert Camus This morning, washing dishes, I spied a black squirrel creeping along a fence outside my kitchen window...
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I interrupt this blog to…
Bionicle in the Bathtub. Luckily, he wasn’t there until after the purchase offer had been made and accepted. Two short announcements this week. 1) The reason for this is that we sold our house this...
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Returning to My Literary Roots, Part I
I’m at my parents’ house for a few days. The books of my childhood surround me. Browsing the shelves, deciding which books to bring to my children’s attention, I am deep in my own literary memories....
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Returning to My Literary Roots, Part II
Shakespeare was my first literary love. I was 8 when my grandmother and I read Macbeth aloud together, sitting at the dining-room table of the house that holds my most vivid childhood memories, bright...
View ArticleE-Books and the Browsing Problem
I use my Kindle often. I read books using the Kindle app for my iPhone more. But, I don’t like shopping for books in the digital world. You see, I am a browser. I always have been. Not only do I judge...
View ArticleFind Your Zest, Your Gusto: A Tribute To Ray Bradbury
Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears those words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer’s make-up,...
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