THE BONDS OF READING
Cormac McCarthy:
…having read even a few dozen books in common is a force more binding than blood.
MAKING A READING PLAN
I spent a couple of hours yesterday making up a list of 20 books to read in fall 2023.
Read moreTHE PRACTICE OF WRITING
Albert Einstein:
The most important method of education … always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.
RESPECTING TRADITION AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Years ago, I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC shortly after it opened. I was overwhelmed by the different exhibits.
Read moreON TURNING 70
As I approached my 70th birthday last week, I realized that 70 suddenly doesn’t seem all that old any more.
Read moreTHE PAST IN THE PRESENT
Virginia Woolf:
The past only comes back when the present runs so smoothly that it is like the sliding surface of a deep river.