“Experience Jamie’s Side of the Story!” The cover cries and who am I to turn down the loan of any Outlander material, in particular that provided by our Fearless Leader, Mswas? In fact, once finished reading it, I sealed the book in a plastic bag, not out of an ill-advised and biology-misunderstanding need for revenge, but to make sure I didn’t accidentally get butter on it. Scoff if you will, but you would be amazed how many of my personal papers have grease marks. I […]
What a treat from Jelinas!
Just look at what came in the mail for us yesterday from Jelinas! What a delight to be a member of the holiday exchange that keeps on giving! Thanks so much, we adore the Prague bookmarks! Bunnybean and Joemyjoe were pretty excited to receive a package from overseas!!
Your smile is a ladder / I climb into your beauty
In honor of National Poetry Month, I pulled Michael Gilmore’s Restless Astronomy off of my bookshelf and gave it the readthrough that it deserved. Admittedly, I am not an expert on poetry. Although, when I find poets that I do enjoy, like Saul Williams and Miguel Pinero, I dig in. Gilmore’s collection gave me plenty to underline and ponder on. Gilmore has a knack for speaking beautifully about mundane things like getting drunk or appreciated a barista who knows your drink. Restless Astronomy is a […]
A post-Arthurian allegory on the state of the world
Ishiguro’s newest novel is a brilliant undertaking: on one level, a simple story about an elderly couple seeking lost memories and their long-departed son, on another, it is a post-Arthurian adventure story of knights, dragons, ogres, and bloody warfare, with sly touches of Cervantes, Beowulf, Dante’s Inferno, and other classics thrown in. But ultimately, The Buried Giant is a profound allegory on the state of the world today. The plot begins simply enough in the period following the end of King Arthur’s reign. The wars […]