I am in here.
Off to the airport soon, so I blog instead of pack. Time for the annual Bayit Chadash board meeting. I have to find Tarrytown, NY. I am told, by Yahoo maps, that it is reassuringly close to Manhattan. Things to read on the plane: Maigret, and God, Man and History by Eliezer Berkovits. That’s part … Continue reading going
Currently reading: Maigret and the Murderer by Georges Simenon. Currently on the TV but being somewhat ignored: The Ring. I love the Maigret novels because they are short and spare and perfectly formed. Not a lot of extra philosophizing or gratuitious anything. I don’t think Simenon was against violence — he simply did not seem … Continue reading Maigret and the cold weather
Lovely time at lunch today with the (large) crowd assembled to discuss My Name is Asher Lev. Maybe I will do On the Road next time. Rest of afternoon spent vegging with Georges Simenon, who I figured was reasonably different from Potok. Now I have an overwhelming sense of freedom, and two days to pack … Continue reading lunch
I hate getting older — it forces me to readjust my preconceptions of what “young” is constantly. “Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life; worse still, we take this step with the false assumption that our truths and ideals will serve us hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life … Continue reading qotd 2
