And now, for something completely different...

I got through Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art quickly.  It was fascinating reading.  It's funny to think that this thing we'r...

Having finished the long-overdue At Ease , I am on to a book that is not part of my 2021 Reading Challenge .  Why, a person my ask, am I int...

I liked At Ease .  I expected it to be historically interesting and broad (especially given the number of pages), but I didn't expect it...

It's Labor Day.  To all the laborers out there, enjoy your day! I'm enjoying a break in work right now myself.  It was a bit of a cr...

Has anyone noticed that it's not June anymore?  And yet, here I am, recapping my June goal.  How did this happen? Usual answer.  Work. H...

Is it too late to make a June goal?  We're only a week into the month.... My lovely sisters came to visit me last weekend, and we has a ...

"I'm almost resigned to living on what I can earn."    -- Anthony Dawson as Charles Swann, Dial M for Murder

Have you wondered where I have been for the last month?  Me too.  Have you wondered why I didn't have a May goal?  Me too.  Things got c...

Much to my own surprise, I'm on the the fifth book in my 2021 Reading Challenge !  The latest selection is At Ease: Stories I Tell to Fr...