The Nerdy, Wordy, Reading Life
I don’t feel like blogging today… Luc turns one tomorrow. Must go buy food for the party and bake a cake. Suggestions? I’ve revived The Complete Woman. She was making me tired but now she is back with lots of great ideas. I’m kicking around the menu for Christmas dinner. Roast turkey, garlic mashed potatoes, [...]
Jared is gone to Sun Valley for the day. I don’t when he’ll be home but it will probably be late. Sad. I hate it when the day faces you down and there is nothing to do. Not really nothing because I have a million things to get done, but nothing that I can do [...]
Fifteen days to go. The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Magic Mountain, The Republic, Walden, Speak Memory, The Castle, and Doctor Zhivago all await. Who’s stressed out? Not me…after all, I’m already half finished with The Magic Mountain. This has been such a fun project and I’ve so enjoyed accomplishing a specific list that I’m more [...]
Kafka said “silly puppy.” Primo Levi loved Thomas Mann. Nearly every author, in some way has referred to another author or a book or a myth that I have read this year. I love the feeling of being a part of the fabric of literature. Knowing that Joyce is referencing Homer, knowing that Beckett is [...]
I had a very busy weekend (no blogging…) and here are the highlights. Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose was excellent. Didn’t end how I had expected it to, but no matter, it was a very enjoyable book that rekindled my desire to study Latin. I now have access to a book entiled (something [...]
ARG! Only 100 pages read yesterday. Getting down to the wire makes every poor reading day mean that much more. I don’t have much time for recovery. I’m in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco and so far, so great. I hope the sheer pleasure of it keeps up. It was a best-seller [...]
Christmas is right around the corner and even though I read Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching I’m going to write about the much more pressing matter of what goodies to bake. Normally I bake a lot of old favorites and a few new recipes each year. This year I’m sticking to the tried and true, [...]
Wow. Thirteen more books and 22 more days. Sounds good except I still have The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Dr Zhivago…not exactly short, easy ones. Now I’m going to do something I never do. Or never used to do. A meme. Six random things about me. Thanks Kayla… 1. Like Kayla, I learned to type [...]
I’d expected more book recommendations on my post a couple days back. Now is the time people to suggest that book you think I should read. I think everyone is well aware of where not to go (The Shack, the Twilight series…) but I really am open to some suggestions. Just so you know it’s [...]