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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved this book. It was a bitter-sweet story, yet still left a good [...]
11 June 2017
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There have been a few times in the past when I’ve been accused by some folks of being a somewhat skillful writer. Now it’s possible [...]
28 March 2017
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Today is the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Do you know where your butterflies are? I walked outside early this morning and as [...]
20 March 2017
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair* My rating: 3 of 5 stars It may be a bit ironic, but I sat down to finish the last 20 or so pages of this book while [...]
10 September 2016
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Wisdom does come with age, it seems. When I was a young lad in high school, we were assigned four books to read during the summer prior to 9th, [...]
27 August 2016
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universe, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension by Michio Kaku My rating: 4 of 5 stars Science [...]
21 May 2016
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The Abominable by Dan Simmons My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve always enjoyed how Dan Simmons weaves his fictional stories so tightly around [...]
12 May 2016
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This is one of those books that they are forever assigning to pimply-faced teens to read while in their early years of secondary school. [...]
17 June 2015
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Do you remember the magic of summertime in your youth? Do you remember how bright the sun was or how blue the sky was back then? I remember. [...]
10 January 2015
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 [...]
29 December 2014
