A Year of Reading, Book 5

Two Across, by Jeff Bartsch “Why am I asking things of you when you no longer exist? It’s crazy. …Dad, put a message in a newspaper headline. Send an idea in a song lyric. Help me think of a way to escape.”

A Year of Reading, Book 4

The Everyday Warrior, by Mike Sarraille “…success begins with knowing yourself, finding your tribe, and understanding that failure is essential to success.”

A Year of Reading, Book 3

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman: Physics… “it needs a lot of concentration-that is, solid time to think-and if you’ve got a job in administrating anything like that, then you don’t have the solid time. So I have invented another myth for myself-that I’m irresponsible… I’m selfish, […]

A Year of Reading, Book 2

“Even though I don’t seek to copy nature and much of my work is part fantasy, I feel it’s important to echo the complexities of natural forms and not to take the risk of a sculpture looking simple or clumsy in its setting.” ~Artist Blacksmith Sculpture: The Art of Natural Metalwork by David Freedman

A Year of Reading

2025 has begun and for me the focus will be on reading.   Book 1: West with Giraffes, by Lynda Rutledge   “I straightened my spine, and with the hubris of a selfish boy with nothing behind and everything ahead, I said, ‘I can do it.’”