In February 2022 I started reading "Ulysses" by James Joyce, "Odyssey", watched "The Killing" (1956) and other things like the…
Each of books and films lasciviously read and watched (respectively) during the first month of the 2022nd year of our…
Didn't do much mountain biking, but I read and watched "Alien Resurrection," Cynthia Ozick's "Trust," Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part 1",…
Was it a sad, bad month, November? I read Athan Theoharis' "Abuse of Power", watched "Once Upon A Time in…
When you begin the month with a film like "Incendies," it's downhill for the remaining 30 days. Luckily I started…
During September I finished reading "Shadow of the Torturer" a short story by Adalbert Stifter, luminary of 19th century German…
Moments of grace: finishing Lois Lowry's "Number the Stars," Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome", and viewing again the 2000 film "Sexy…
What I read—James. M Cain, Galileo—was more memorable than what I viewed—"The Glory Stompers," "Marnie"—during the month of July. The…
In June, read Cain's "Serenade," watched Bogart's "Sahara" (1943), carefully perused Red Sonja, and erred into surprising reflections on time…
Any month (like May) that includes a viewing of "Miller's Crossing" and a reading of Schiller's "Don Carlos" is a…