Category Archives: art & lit

I felt inclined to write this little thing today and, since it serves absolutely no purpose, is vaguely “intellectual”, and my vanity is telling me I should force someone else to read it, I figured I’d post it here. Please … Continue reading →

Old movies still perform, I am secretly in love with Katharine Hepburn, the AFI top 100 movies. Continue reading →

This is lifted straight from an email from Jason E., There’s a new short story and letter by Hemingway that’s popped up. It’s in the ny Times today. The guy related to the story wrote the classic screwball film The … Continue reading →

I was stumbling around in my old web page area and ran across this page of famous first lines from literature. Thought you guys might enjoy. I have the answers on another page and I’ll post that link as well … Continue reading →

My lovely wife and I have a habit of reading children’s books that are organized into a series. So many children’s books are full of layers and allusions that one misses as a child. Re-reading these books as an adult … Continue reading →

My lovely wife brought me back an interesting book from the local Barnes & Nobels. “Wicked”, by Gregory Maguire, tells the story of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West. I have consumed about 1/3 of the book. I have had … Continue reading →

I believe I’ve talked with some of you about this before, but while reading “Krakatoa” by Simon Winchester I was interested in his point about art following the eruption of Krakatoa. Specifically, he noted that a lot of the paintings … Continue reading →

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