TBR Pile Reading Incentive
Saturday my Bookman and I finally got to bring home our kittens. They are nine-weeks old today. Dickens is the …
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Emerson’s Poetry
I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but before every Emerson essay there is a poem that takes the theme of …
Poetry Thyme
Since my peony photos were such a success awhile back, please excuse me while I indulge in more garden photos. …
Penelope’s Side of the Story
Those of you who said The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood was a fast read weren’t kidding. I began reading it …
A TBR Ramble
I’ve got nothing cohesive to talk about today, just lots of little fragments. Like my TBR pile. It grows and …
Final Thoughts on Gutenberg Elegies
I finished reading The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts the other day. I thought there were only two sections of …
On First Dipping Into Emerson’s Journal
One of the things I did this weekend was pick up a copy of volume one of Emerson’s Journals from …
The Benefits of Old Age
And so I have reached Old Age, the final essay in Emerson’s book Society and Solitude. Society and Solitude was …
Sven and Lewis
Last night was an evening bordering on hectic for awhile. We had high winds here yesterday and a big gust …
Of Reading and Technology
I’ve been making my way through Sven Birkerts’ The Gutenberg Elegies in preparation for his appearance with Lewis Buzbee at …
