Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Content to See, Glad to Remember
He hears with gladdened heart the thunder Peal, and loves the falling dew; He knows the earth above and under – Sits and is content…
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Terry Pratchett
So much universe, and so little time. Terry Pratchett As a kid, I read all of Terry Pratchett‘s books that I could get my hands…
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Look, and Despair!
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the…
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Ishi in Two Worlds
Since moving to California, Lassen National Park in Northern California has become one of my favorite places. It’s less well known than Yosemite and the…
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The Silent Men Who Do Things
Have you gazed on naked grandeur where there’s nothing else to gaze on, Set pieces and drop-curtain scenes galore, Big mountains heaved to heaven, which…
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The Hunter and the Whale
This is one of the lesser known novels by Laurens van der Post, and I can see why. The story is nothing special, yet there…