I once read that Kurt Vonnegut believes that “virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.” Truman Capote…
The brain fills in the gaps—exquisite “The Artist” sound moments going from silent to talkie
When I was reading last week’s rebus post, I noticed something different about my reading experience. I found my brain…
🦌 Readers:
I missed my biweekly post last week. Did you miss me? Because I am I have a penchant for brainteasers.…
The occurrence of nonoccurrences, once upon “The Coast Starlight”
For me, summer has always been synonymous with vacation and travel. Not this year. As I remind myself to stick…
Mono no aware (物の哀れ)
“Yet it is this awareness of the closeness of death, of the beauty inherent in each moment, that allows us…
A Contemplation on “Time” in these Unprecedented Times
“What is time? How do we use it, spend it?” Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei mused in The Atlantic on…
What’s Really Scary—the Male-Narrated Epilogue of ‘The Testaments,’ a déjà vu moment of the original Handmaid
Reading Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments takes me back to my high school AP Literature days when I first encountered her 1985 novel The…
Hsieh With You 