Category Archives: Books and Literature

from Here, There, Elsewhere, by William Least Heat-Moon Solvitur ambulando, writes St. Jerome — “to solve a problem, walk.” So who cares? is always a writer’s most fearsome uncertainty. Whatever the genre, a reader may begin to care if writers … Continue reading →

Our trip to Wisconsin and Michigan was so fantastic, it left us wanting more. So on Sunday, July 18, one week after we got home, we headed out for a few more hours of vacation. Our destination was Evanston, and … Continue reading →

By the time I was in high school, I had developed the ability to ascertain exactly how much work I had to do to receive a reasonably good grade. And that’s exactly what I did. As an attractive side-effect of … Continue reading →

The heading of this post is the final sentence in The Wall, by John Hersey — a novel about a group of Jewish friends in the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland. And The Wall is the final … Continue reading →

We spent an hour in Powell’s. The place was huge — four floors, nine rooms, floor to ceiling bookcases in each. They had one aisle about 50 feet long just on bird books. Used books and new books were mixed … Continue reading →