SMELLS OF THE PAST
While bicycling along the Charles this past week, I smelled cigar smoke. The smell brought a smile to my face – or at least to my mind.
Read moreTHE COMPANIONSHIP IN READING
May Sarton:
I am drawn to people, for I am one myself, for whom literature is a passion, deep rather than wide readers, who discover the great works as Marc had discovered #Proust, feel themselves companioned by certain writers throughout a lifetime, follow every clue about the invention of characters in their books, one might almost say lead double lives.
THE BENEFITS OF LUCK
George Sarton:
Every creature needs luck, and he is very ungrateful who ascribes his success to his merit and naught else.
LIVING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS
I have no doubt that we’re living in a crisis, on the cusp of watching the (physical, economic, political, cultural) world as we know it fall apart.
Read moreCRISES, PAST AND PRESENT
Annie Dillard:
We have no chance of being here when the sun burns out. There must be something heroic about our time, something that lifts it above all those other times.
20 BOOKS OF SUMMER UPDATE
In an earlier post, I laid out my reading goals for the summer. As we approach the midpoint of the three-month period, it seems appropriate that I record my progress on working through the list.
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