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Krauss and Foer
On my way to and from work I'm listening to a taped version Nicole Krauss's History of Love borrowed from the library. I have a very vague memory of a short story of hers in the New Yorker that...
The books....
.... in alphabetical order mostly by writer. Her Infinite Variety by Louis Auchincloss. I like reading him. I also like to say his name. No particular reason for this book. Hemingway - Hig...
Auchincloss *bit more*
I took Tales of Manhattan by Louis Auchincloss to work with me today. Like so many beautiful women (or at least like so many former beauties) she was instinctively, pointlessly if you wish, a ...
A flowchart.... (Gatsby and T)
It starts like this: I went back to 750 words of a year ago. Sometimes I do that - more so now that OD is gone. I'm looking for a glimpse into into who I was and how it was and how the weather...
Another one....
July 10, 1991 Funny thing about the U.S. Constitution, we tend to pick out the parts we like and question the parts we don't like. And we're free to do just that. Take the Supreme Court for in...
The best newspaper column I ever wrote
Notes from the Cadillac Ranch 8-21-91 Sometimes the biggest attraction isn't the one that was advertised. Cases in point. On Friday night the Clayton County Fair's headliner was a lively and ...
I'm reading.....
Willa Cather's Death Comes For the Archbishop on breaks at work. Dean and Me (A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan in the basement. Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero (Eminent Lives) b...
Another one
April 19,1995 Notes from the Cadillac Ranch There's a lot of history in the news lately. It's the 50th anniversary of important WWII events. Discussions of how to commemorate those events hav...
More randomness from the past
Notes from the Cadillac Ranch Published April 17, 1990 Our dog has a problem. I read once that dogs have lot of opportunities to be neurotic. Living closely with another species and not havin...
This one....
April 2, 1985 Publication date April 2, 1985 Notes from the Cadillac Ranch Two weeks into spring, let's take inventory. It must be time to put the ice scrapers away, to pair up the mittens an...
Another date between June 1982 and June 2000
October 1, 1986 Publication date September 30, 1986 Notes from the Cadillac Ranch One of the minor areas of creativity open to modern society is the telephone answering machine . It allows us...
Pick a date between June 1982 and June 2000
July 4, 1997 Publication date July 9, 1997 Notes from the Cadillac Ranch Knee high by the Fourth of July We had such a cold late spring that it didn't seem like anything would be knee high by...
The Dark Lady by Louis Auchincloss
The best part of this author is learning how to spell his name. I sincerely hope I will be able to add Auchincloss to Khrushchev and license and separate on my list of words I know how to spell....
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard is now a movie....
... starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. I read the book a few years ago. I recognized her name because she is the woman who wrote a memoir that included her time with J. D. Salinger. It i...
James Salter - All That Is - and maybe more
I like to fall in love with authors. It helps if they are male. It doesn't happen very often. But sometimes - - I read some plot of Salter's book today. All That Is. He falls in love with ...
Lessing and more....
Doris Lessing died today. She was an incredible writer. She was one of us. I thought I had a link to a story of hers but I find it does not work. Too much larceny in my soul, I guess. ...
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
I'm reading a book that's making me happy. It's The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud. It's about a woman, a teacher, who falls in love with a family. First the eight year old boy, then his mo...
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