“The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. We didn’t even need jackets. The wind was growing stronger, and Jem said it might be raining before we got home. There was no moon.” To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I read it in school. I read it again in June of 2006. I just finished [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 31, 2008
the last day of October
October 28, 2008
circularity
The Lucky Ones is Rachel Cusk’s fifth book.
In it, there is a Contents page, which announces five sections. Each section stands by itself. There is a passing reference in each section to at least one character in another section. With a lovely circularity, the last section ends with, I believe, the only reference to the [...]
October 27, 2008
all its rich hours
Pine Mountain Trail
Pine Mountain, Georgia
October 26, 2008
23 miles
11hours, 7 minutes
The day grew light, then dark again–
In all its rich hours, what happened?
from Apple by Jane Hirshfield
Given Sugar, Given Salt
October 26, 2008
a day in the woods
Today, Sunday, October 26th, I’m walking. It’s a day in the woods. An autumn ritual (because of spring snakes). A 23-mile hike, which last year took 11 hours. We choose the date by trying to maximize the chance of cool weather with enough daylight hours. This is tricky. Already we’re down to less than 12 hours. Sunrise in Georgia [...]
October 23, 2008
word-smitten
Charles Frazier’s second book,Thirteen Moons, is narrated by Will Cooper, who has a friend named Bear, a Cherokee Indian chief.
“I cannot decide whether it is an illness or a sin, the need to write things down and fix the flowing world in one rigid form. Bear believed writing dulled the spirit, stilled some holy breath. Smothered it. Words, when [...]
October 22, 2008
the kitten
marry tale #2: the kitten
Once upon a time there was a man and a woman, who decided to become the husband and the wife. They were very new at being the husband and the wife and had no skills at it. And so they had a problem. They weren’t quite sure how to handle it, [...]
October 18, 2008
collaboration and commitment
The Oxford American Dictionary defines collaboration as
“working jointly, especially in a literary or artistic production.”
It defines commitment as
“the process or an instance of committing oneself.”
And committing as
“pledging or binding oneself to a certain course”
Something different for today–a movie.
This summer one of my sons, Bobby Martin, was in Paris taking a film class. I had the opportunity to [...]
