Living exuberantly
Living well by living exuberantly with Bach, baseball, beauty … and the bending of the old elbow.
All posts filed under: Recommended Readings
A classic of detective fiction turns 100
Dorothy Sayers’ first crime novel is as delightful to read now as it was 100 years ago.
Luxuriating in the stream of time
The tale of Rinker Buck’s quest to trace the route of the old flatboats from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.
Ode to the backup catcher
Strausburg’s retirement; backup catchers and servant leadership; what comes next for the rest of us.
From the bookshelf: August 2023
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from August 2023.
The long shelf life of legends and lies
Myth America helps us see the past to understand where we stand and where we might go.
Late to the party
This bleak, prosaic story of duplicity and espionage is one of the greatest spy novels of all time.
The power of mythology
“Vodka is for the skinny and scotch is for the strivers and bourbon is for the homesick.”
Mother of Simbel
The thrilling story of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt and the saving of Abu Simbel.
Genius, hubris, tragedy
Thoughts on Oppenheimer, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki on the anniversary of the bombing.
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