I am in here.
So what does my life consist of? — I ask myself as I stare out the window of Lookout Joe’s, watching the eternal traffic on Mt. Lookout Square. Berkovits’ book, held in my hand, smells of dust and rag paper and looks like it came in contact with actual printing presses, with raised type, back … Continue reading to the Apple store and back
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
Found a nice new program to keep the music on iTunes playing all day… LPlayer. This will help me finish up My Name is Asher Lev and associated work for the book club lunch tomorrow at the Mercantile Library, where I lead a discussion on that book. I have lots of information, especially on Jacques … Continue reading music
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