I am a great fan of Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas and A Bend In The River, so I was expecting to enjoy Half a Life a lot more than I did. Not to say that I didn’t enjoy it at all, because I loved it — up until the point where the story …
Category: Free Time
Google Medicine
Guess what a tv-free person does for entertainment when she is stuck in bed for four days with a fever (besides sleep and read back-issues of the New Yorker)? Why, Google the endless possiblity of illnesses she’s worried she’s come down with, of course. You think I’m kidding. Since Monday, I’ve researched: West Nile Virus, …
I Would Never Write…
…a poem. Don’t get me wrong, I love good poems as much as anyone. But writing them, well, no. Oh, I may have given it a go once or twice, but it’s really not my schtick, and I’ve discovered my creative energies are best focused elsewhere. So instead, I will share a few of my …
All Consuming
Normally each of these things would deserve their very own posts. But, since I consumed them all at once (more or less) and since I have a cold that has zapped all of my energy, I am sharing them all with you now. The least I can do for all of these amazing books and …