Category Archives: books
Tangent A5: The Invention of Morel
This is the fifth and final of five snowed-in posts, illustrating the pathways I sometimes pursue due to my avid curiosity. This Tangent began with a video remix of an old song by Duran Duran, which had inserts from the … Continue reading
Tangent A3: Louise Brooks
This is the third of five snowed-in posts, illustrating the pathways I sometimes pursue due to my avid curiosity. This Tangent began with a video remix of an old song by Duran Duran, which had inserts from a French New … Continue reading
Light Reading
Light reading is important to me, with trusted authors and series offering safe harbors when I’ve had enough of the sometimes stormy sail of reading literature, once I’m tired of nonfiction, or whenever I’m stressed. In the early 2010s, I … Continue reading
Welcoming 1930 to the Public Domain
On the first day of each new calendar year, for the rest of my life, thousands of copyrighted works from 95 years earlier will enter the US public domain. Here is a great article on what joined the public domain … Continue reading
2025 Book Report
The approaching end of the calendar year led me to compose my fourth annual book report. I read 30 books this year, the total reduced a bit by my autumn and winter walks having been impeded by lousy weather on … Continue reading
Meador Manor 