In this multi-part essay John C. Wright addresses the meaty question that’s been making the rounds of certain online discussion forums of whether genre books (especially speculative fiction) can be great books. Here are some excerpts that, I...
Sometimes you read a book review that not only makes you want to go out and get the book, it also just makes you want to cheer because you’ve found another kindred soul, in this case the book is The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems, the reviewer...
Even though we are once again in ordinary time, I had to share with my faithful readers a pertinent selection of quotes that I just discovered over at the Irish Elk blog: What has happened to me has been the very reverse of what appears to be the...
In my post about our trip, I meant to say something about how pleasant the airplane part of our journey was. On the way down the plane was packed, of course. But even so we had a good flight. There were a bunch of babies on the flight, I guess other...
This morning Bella pulled herself to a standing position in her crib. I put her in there standing up when I went to get dressed/start breakfast. I peeked in a few minutes later and she’d fallen down and was playing quietly in a sitting...
While we were in Texas and trying to get used to the time change, I decided that while we were off schedule anyway I could perform some experiments without fear of messing things up. After all, they couldn’t get much more messed up. So one...
Well, Bella must have been as happy as I was to sleep in her own bed again. She woke up once last night, at 11, and then slept through. I woke, amazed, at 7:45 and as I brushed my teeth I heard her chatting to herself in her crib. Ah blissful sleep...
Finally back home today. And while I loved being in Texas with my family, it is nice to be back in our own space. So much to write about the past two weeks, but I think I’ll just confine myself to a brief summary or I’ll exhaust myself...
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