Many of us have felt deep currents in life that seem to carry and convey tremendous mystery. Underneath us – around us – they flow – and we sense them without understanding. We wonder. We seek. We do not always find….
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It’s hard to go wrong giving Mom a book, but it’s not impossible. Let me help you avoid one high risk gift! You’ve likely noticed Frog Music, by Emma Donoghue, one of the big spring reads prominently featured at your local…
1. You will cry and it is embarrassing to cry while reading on a plane. 2. You will regret your choice of accommodations. Claire Cameron’s new novel, The Bear, reminded me of one of the reasons I’m not a camper. It’s also…
Thank you, Farrell Mason, for your lovely new novel, The Angel and the Raven. A friend bought it for me at Parnassus yesterday and pressed it into my hands with her warmest recommendation. I have spent this afternoon outside reading…
In one of the most dramatic scenes in a novel, submerge a dog in a tank full of water and have him share a breathing tube with his master. Is it just me, or is that hard to believe? Alice Hoffman’s new novel, The…
Our oldest daughter left for boarding school last September. I didn’t feel fine. Things are better now! I’ve made adjustments. Started new projects. Paid excessive attention to our younger daughter, poor thing. Still, there are moments when I can’t believe our…
These are the last days of my dog, Belle. She remains in good spirits – at least, today – but lymphoma has caused the nodes in her neck to swell to the size of golf balls. The vet says the…
These are the last days of my dog, Belle. She remains in good spirits – at least, today – but lymphoma has caused the nodes in her neck to swell to the size of golf balls. The vet says the…
On occasional Wednesdays, I’ll post a passage from a current read that is too amazing, provocative, funny, or beautiful not to share. Today’s selection is from Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrower (reviewed in yesterday’s post). Sandro is a successful artist in…