Nehaveigur

Notes on reading, science and the outdoors

Reading

On books, reading, and writers.

  • The Witch

    Toil and grow rich,What’s that but to lieWith a foul witchAnd after, drained dry,To be broughtTo the chamber whereLies one long soughtWith despair?William Butler Yeats:…

  • Ash Jogalekar’s 100 Desert Island Books

    This is a good list. Plenty of inspiration. I’ll have to make a list like this eventually. Stay tuned.

  • Revenge is Sour

    The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish daydream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which…

  • The Thing With Feathers

    “Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops – at all And…

  • The Maniac: John von Neumann, an alien among us

    Biographies are a waste of time. There’s little to be gleaned from the lives of those we admire. The details of someone’s childhood or their…

  • The First Snowfall

    The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every…