Fighting winter

Of course, I now realize that one very effective way of dealing with the frustration and claustrophobia that winter brings to us here in southwestern Ohio is escape. One tried and true escape in winter has always been to a warm place like Miami Beach, which was the traditional place of escape for my own Continue reading Fighting winter

Austerlitz, done with

I just now finished Volume 1 of War and Peace, which ends with the battle of Austerlitz. I feel rather exhausted by this whole reading process, almost as if I had witnessed and watched the battle itself. My attention is heightened, and my shoulders are all bunched up. I do not feel like going back, Continue reading Austerlitz, done with