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Brothers

Today is the shortest day, or if you prefer, the longest night, of the year, the Winter Solstice. And, for the first time in a very long time, I have a Saturday with nowhere to go and nothing pressing to do (the reason for this is not so great, which I will come to shortly,Continue reading “Brothers”

Moby Dick, Again. What Was I Thinking?

In a previous post, Top 10 List of Books That I Would Read A Second Time, My number one pick was Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. Recently, I did read it again, and all I can say now is, “What was I thinking”?

Bowl For Two

Like many people, music is a big part of my life. I love all kinds of music; from Mozart to Marley, from Glen Campbell to Slipknot, from Miles Davis to The Real McKenzies, from… well, you get the picture. My musical tastes are wide and varied. Where once I had a huge record collection, thenContinue reading “Bowl For Two”

The VINYL CAFE Revisited

I know that I said in a post not too long ago something to the effect that life is just too short to read the same book twice. I hereby amend this. Upon reflection I have come to believe that maybe life is too short not to read the same book twice, sometimes. To spend some time with characters that have, over time, become so familiar they are like old friends, can be soul restoring. That is why one evening about two weeks ago I took Stuart McLean’s Home from the VINYL CAFE from my bookshelf and began reading it again. I finished it the following evening, and started in on VINYL CAFE UNPLUGGED. Over the next ten or twelve days I finished this book, Stories from the VINYL CAFE, Extreme VINYL CAFE, and Christmas at the VINYL CAFE.

Top 10 List of Books That I would Read a Second Time

You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it. – John Barton I have often read favorite books more then once. Who Has Seen the Wind by W. O. Mitchell, I read twice; Stephen King’s The Stand, I read three times; The Razor’s Edge by W.Continue reading “Top 10 List of Books That I would Read a Second Time”

On Books and Food

I have always loved books. I have vague recollections from early childhood of being read to and never wanting it to stop. I recall taking books in my hands and pretending to read them, speaking the story aloud, as best I could, from memory. The first book I remember reading on my own was aContinue reading “On Books and Food”