A New Book, Half-baked
As followers to these posts know, I’ve been somewhat occupied with things other than writing lately.
In Other Words...
"Not Everything is about Food History"
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Parnassus on Wheels
We’re book people.
¡Ay, Caramba!
I recently spent some time sitting in a hospital waiting room.
Kindred Spirits
In my senior year of high school, I took an advanced class in American Literature, together with a group of like-minded students.
Loosing Literary Threads
“On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Talking 'bout My Generation
I recently came across an article—12 Boomer Cooking Habits People Are Ready To Ditch, According To Reddit—and, being a Boomer,* I naturally wanted to read it.
Two Couplets
George Saunders recently posted—on Substack—an article in response to the question, “Is there such a thing as a natural-born artist?” His response was a long examination of the nature of creativity, and—without mentioning it directly—every artist’s struggle with imposter syndrome.
An Expedition to Cockaigne
This morning, I came across an article (“Scientists Gave Mice Cocaine.
Looking Back...
My friend Cindy recently posted a Substack page (Historians: The Untanglers of History).
Bringing in a Couple of Keys
(sorry, Arlo)
Some BookWOIMs
“Despite all her privileges, despite her strenuous socializing, she remained an isolate and a misfit, which is to say, a born writer.” Jonathan Franzen, on Edith Wharton
Toys (or Possibly Squirrels) in the Attic
Recently, we went to a screening of a new stop-motion-animated feature by a local filmmaker (The Lure of Ponies, by Beck Underwood).