A Year of Reading, Book 15
“When Matelda was young, she chased time to get what she wanted. Now she chased time to hold on to it..” ~The Good Left Undone, by Adriana Trigiani
A Year of Reading, Book 14
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines […]
A Year of Reading, Book 9
Current read: “My name is Odd Thomas, though in this age when fame is the altar at which most people worship, I am not sure why you should care who I am or that I exist.” ~Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz
A Year of Reading, Book 7
“The medicine administered to the unfortunate… was nothing less than a lethal dose of arsenic. Unluckily… there was a reliable test for the presence of this poison which had been developed by James Marsh… in the 1820s.” ~The Little Book of True Crime, by David Owen
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