I am in here.
To those who know my reading habits, it might come as a surprise that I have pushed off all other books I was reading aside in favor of Neal Stephenson’s latest, Anathem. I am also trying to read it slowly, so it will last a long time. If any of you have seen the book … Continue reading Reading now: Anathem
I’ve always written small — small poems (I actively don’t like long ones, as a rule), smallish blog posts, etc. The one nanowrimo that I won (2006) totally surprised me, due to the fact that I never thought I could come up with at least 50,000 words on anything. Turns out my instincts are a … Continue reading Writing small
The theme song to the W. trailer…. (in case you were curious) Days Go By, by Talking Heads
For no particular reason, this morning I watched Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie. It was romantic in a way that few movies are any more. This is quite possibly because they leave sex out of it totally. You have a swirl of motion and emotion in the storm at the lighthouse, … Continue reading Portrait of Jennie
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