Well, that happened. I lost count of the number of times in 2020 I sat down to write and then abandoned the attempt. Every year has stages and seasons, and it seems that, inevitably, whenever I pick a topic on which to write, life has … Continue reading 2020 in Hindsight
2019 was my best reading year (in terms of both total number of books read and total page count) since I started tracking my reading! I owe that success in no small part to two deep dives I took: one at the beginning of the … Continue reading The 2019 Read List
This is a post I wrote last August, one week after our trip to Virginia. I found it as I was sorting through my computer, looking for ideas for new posts, and I thought today might be an appropriate day to share it. Last week … Continue reading Why Study History? An Election Day Reflection
It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life. This week I turned 33. For some reason this year, that milestone rather than the turning of the calendar, has put me in a somewhat reflective mood. This new year and new decade have felt … Continue reading A Simple Life: Reflecting Back and Dreaming Ahead at 33
Between the end of June and August 7th I read fourteen Agatha Christie books. I did this because it somehow seemed imprudent to read only thirteen Agatha Christie books. Exact number aside, this glut was inspired by my finally deciding to listen to a biography … Continue reading Why Agatha, Amelia, and Russell? Or, Going Home Again
It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. In 2001 Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters and my high school friends … Continue reading A Dangerous Business
I have always been an avid reader, and as I’ve gotten older, I’ve also become more interested in honing my physical collection of books into a satisfying and functional library. (Someday I am going to have a designated library in my home, and when that … Continue reading The 2018 ‘Read’ List
Another year gone. And my, did it go fast! A lot changed and happened in 2018, but after 2017, it felt like more of a year of adjusting and tuning rather than one of upheaval. I began the year welcoming a good friend into my … Continue reading Wrapping up 2018
As far back as I can remember, I have loved fall. Not that we had fall in Texas. Not a real New England sort of fall. But as a kid, fall meant back to school, new school supplies and books, and Halloween with candy and … Continue reading Seasons
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. -C.S. Lewis What a whirlwind of a year it has been! An entire eight months and more since I actually posted anything here. It has been a year I have physically spent … Continue reading On Rereading
I Digress 