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Tag Archives: book reviews
Book Review: Natural Born Heroes
I think someone once said that the farther we get away from historical events the better we understand them. World War II is almost beyond living memory now and yet stories keep emerging about till-now unsung … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, book reviews, books, Crete, Greece, history, paleo, poetry, primal, travel, world war II, writing
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Finishing Witness
An autumn scene at the Pipe Creek Farm in Maryland, once owned by Whittaker Chambers. I don’t know if I have ever read a longer book in my life. Witness is over … Continue reading
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An Untold Story
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I’ve been reading Whittaker Chambers’ book, Witness. It’s an autobiographical book; the story of his journey into and out of Communism and his consequent ordeal as a witness for … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, book reviews, books, coffee, Communism, cooking, fashion, fitness, food, movie scripts, poetry, travel, Whittaker Chambers
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Reading and Writing
I’d like to think that my lag in blogging these last few days is caused by an immersion in serious reading. I’ve been dipping into two books, both of them long, both of them challenging and both of … Continue reading
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Book Review: Witness, by Whittaker Chambers
I am writing while standing on my back deck in the middle of an electrical storm. I’m cozy and dry under this roof and I hear the rain tattering on the slates above and the lawn below. It’s not … Continue reading
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Book Review: Chronicles, Volume I
If you’ve been reading this blog lately, you know I’ve just finished reading a biography of Bob Dylan. I wrote a rather long review of the book, Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Biography, by Scott Marshall. I found the book … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, bob dylan, book reviews, books, coffee, cooking, fashion, fitness, poetry, popular music, travel, writing
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Book Review: Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life
Did you write The Book of Love And do you have faith in God above? Do you believe in rock and roll Can music save your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance, real slow? Don … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, blogging, bob dylan, book reviews, books, coffee, jesus, jesus christ, poetry, spirituality, travel, writing
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Book Review: Soft-Wired
The trouble with trying to write a fair review of SoftWired is avoiding clichés. There are several that are applicable and so maybe I should just list them here and get them out of the way. Here they are … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, alzheimers, beauty, book review, book reviews, books, brain plasticity, coffee, dementia, fitness, food, poetry, travel
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Overtime: New Review
Ellis skillfully fleshes out the complexity of relationships through sports metaphor. The reader need not be fluent in roundball speak to appreciate a story set against a backdrop of free throws and sneakers. His sense of place is soundly developed. … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, book reviews, books, cooking, fashion, fitness, food, inspiration, novels, poetry, sports, writing
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