Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Memorial on Jul 20th, 2009
As a freshman in college, I was required to write an analysis of Henry Reed’s poem, Naming of Parts. Throughout different periods in my life I have been reminded of that poem. Certainly, the tumultuous years of the 1960’s and early 1970’s were periods when the distinct anti-war sentiment of this World War [...]
Posted in Observations, Technology, genealogy on Jul 2nd, 2009
Spring rains were abundant this year and the parched central Piedmont of North Carolina was officially removed from the state’s drought listing. Unfortunately rainfall is much more effective when it follows reasonable patterns rather than sporadic and localized downpours. We have been treated to one rather onerous deluge a few weeks ago that relieved the [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jul 2nd, 2009
As my French teacher in college used to exclaim effusively, Quelle bonne suprise! The cause which prompted this ecstatic proclamation was my discovery of a small but apparently renewable cache of reasonably entertaining books at one of our local dollar stores, one of the honest-to-goodness, real dollar stores where every item is one dollar or [...]
Scribbling
Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
Jess Walter
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