Americana
January 31, 2010
Finding out about podcasts, how to use them, what equipment (I would say "kit" but somehow that makes me smile and squirm a bit) do ... [read more]
Why a web site?
A place for enthusiasms, in a similar way to my too often reading out to the family bits from what I am reading , presupposing they are a) interested and b) not doing anything too important to be interrupted. This way, lots of such reading outs can happen quietly, available more conveniently than when I burst out with one of them to whoever is near.
My Dracula and Other Animals
January 20, 2010
As our group all brought their reading of Bram Stoker's Dracula to the Century's End literature session today, wife Barbara was at the local hospital ... [read more]
York notes
January 6, 2010
Thought the start back Wednesday literature class The Century's End didn't happen today on account of treacherous roads and pavements under snow and ice but ... [read more]
The Painted Veil and a song
January 2, 2010
Watched this great film on TV and with the wonders of BBCi Player played the soundtrack near the end - A la Claire Fontaine - ... [read more]
Tobias Wolff’s stories called Our Story Begins
December 27, 2009
I am really enjoying this collection. The stories transport me in a few lines to whichever part of America they are set in and I'm ... [read more]
