For those looking for suggestions on your next literary escape, I’ve had another fairly good month. I kicked things off with a classic myth transported into the 1960s, saturated with haunting prose and deliberate conflation of which god(dess) and hero(ine) was who, and when, and how. John Updike’s “The Centaur” turned my brain into aContinueContinue reading “Words, Words, Words: October Reads”
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In the Depth of Winter
January is the month for dreaming.Jean Hersey I don’t have as many adventures to share from this past month, as most of them took place in my head. Overall, it was a rich and fulfilling period of getting back into the rhythm of being a legal professional, navigating Michigan snow and ice, and saturating myselfContinueContinue reading “In the Depth of Winter”
So Bad It’s Bad
One of my favorite things to consume is film, followed closely by intelligent reviews of film. I grew up watching Siskel and Ebert, and while I have strong memories of agreeing more with Siskel on what to go see, there was something about Ebert that drew me in. He was often unreasonable and frequently arrogant,ContinueContinue reading “So Bad It’s Bad”
Now Reading: A Gentleman in Moscow
“Alexander Rostov was neither scientist nor sage, but at the age of sixty-four he was wise enough to know that life does not proceed by leaps and bounds. It unfolds. At any given moment, it is the manifestation of a thousand transitions. Our faculties wax and wane, our experiences accumulate, and our opinions evolve –ContinueContinue reading “Now Reading: A Gentleman in Moscow”
2022 Favorites – Books
Last top-five list I think, for posterity, as we close out the year together. Thanks for reading. 1. “Creative Play Direction” by Robert Cohen2. “How to Tell A Story” by Meg Bowles3. “The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams4. “Putting it Together: How Steven Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George”ContinueContinue reading “2022 Favorites – Books”
Muttering Retreats 