Today, self returned The Last Graduate to the library, having read to p. 80. It was so . . . talk-y? And she’s not that into Dark…… Read more “Further Into The Lantern Men”
Tag: decisions
Goodbye, Neville! Hello, Neil!
Self decided Neville Chamberlain is a very, very limp reading subject. She’s sure he was a very upstanding gentleman, but please. In hindsight, he just looks really,…… Read more “Goodbye, Neville! Hello, Neil!”
Lens-Artists Challenge # 154: One Photo, Two Ways
Love the quote on the Travels and Trifles blog: “A photographer’s eye is perpetually evaluating.”Henri Cartier-Bresson My One Shot, Two Ways is of Avila Beach, on the…… Read more “Lens-Artists Challenge # 154: One Photo, Two Ways”
I’LL BE SEEING YOU: A Memoir
The author persuades her aged parents to go into assisted living. She tells them to try it, they can always move back home if they don’t like…… Read more “I’LL BE SEEING YOU: A Memoir”
Moving On
The days will grow longer. Then the front yard will die, as it does every summer. Self has never mowed her yard, not once in three years.…… Read more “Moving On”
Eddie’s Boy, Opening Paragraph
Self has made her selection of her next book (High as the Waters Rise is sooooo sad, now she has to write sad fiction to work it…… Read more “Eddie’s Boy, Opening Paragraph”
The Economist, 25 July 2020
Modest Changes in Behavior leads to “huge rises in coronavirus infections”: The Geometry of the Pandemic, p. 19 This article focuses on a model by Rajiv Rimal…… Read more “The Economist, 25 July 2020”
The British Stiff Upper Lip on Full Display
p. 232 of Lady in Waiting: Three years after their eldest child became hooked on heroin, the Glenconners decided to dis-inherit him. The boy was 19. He…… Read more “The British Stiff Upper Lip on Full Display”
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, by Tayari Jones
Self was going to read The Overstory after finishing The Parasites (five stars, five stars, six stars if that were even possible) but decided she needed a…… Read more “AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, by Tayari Jones”
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