Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is perhaps one of the top five greatest novels ever written. A bold statement, but one not easily refuted. What other books qualify for greatest ever? Certainly The Great Gatsby is one of them. There are so many layers there, along with some of the prettiest sentences ever written. […]
Dune, Arakis, Desert Planet
Having books recommended to me is always interesting because of the divergent thought process involved in this. Most people know that I have a degree in English Education, that I have an extensive personal library of around 5,000 volumes, that I consider reading to rank somewhere between breathing and eating, and that I myself am […]
Moving Former Blog
For all of you out there who don’t read me (I know I have no fans, and that’s OK – this is an exercise in sanity), I’ve decided to move all of my also nonread stuff from LiveJournal to here, so that it’s all in one place. So in order, here are the original posts, […]
Home Sweet Home
There’s no place like home. Views: 170
Rainy Days and Mondays…
Karen and Richard Carpenter had the right idea, and I totally agree with them. Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. Well, not always, but today in particular. See, I can’t even completely agree with what I just said. It’s been a wishy-washy kind of day, Charlie Brown. Perhaps tomorrow the sun will come […]
Finished Taxes
I got my taxes done today. A reason to celebrate, I guess. Views: 205