On Life June 26th, 2015 @ 8:04 am PDT
There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired. from The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 June 25th, 2015 @ 7:37 am PDT
Happy birthday to Eric Blair — better known as George Orwell — born on this date in 1903, seventy years and one day before yours truly. My dad told me to read Animal Farm when I was seven years old. I thought it was really wild, but that there had to be something that I […]
On Knowing June 25th, 2015 @ 6:18 am PDT
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird … So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something […]
On Books June 7th, 2015 @ 8:45 am PDT
We have a lot of books in our house. They are our primary decorative motif — books in piles on the coffee table, framed book covers, books sorted into stacks on every available surface, and of course books on shelves along most walls. Besides the visible books, there are the boxes waiting in the wings, […]
On Goals … June 1st, 2015 @ 8:06 am PDT
I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful. Norma Jean Mortenson
