Memoir

February 15, 2013

On My Mind

A few odds & ends, things I’ve been contemplating recently: I read about 50 books a year. I am 57. Let’s say I live another 30 years. That’s: 30 x 50 = 1500. Fifteen hundred books in front of me, given the assumptions. That’s a focus I need to get my head around. * * Continue reading

Books, Life, Memoir, Reading, The Examined Life

Memoir, Memory, Reading, Travel, Zen

February 9, 2013

Captain Douglas

The storm rages and we cannot be ambivalent about being surrounded. Continue reading

Family, Memoir

Battle of the Bulge, Dad, WWII

February 7, 2013

Thursday Theme day is Postponed.

We turn to the side, trim and expectant, taking high measure of our appearance, only to realize years later what the fool we must have looked. Continue reading

Life, Memoir, The Examined Life

Memoir, Writing

February 6, 2013