Just to close the loop, I did finish listening to the twenty-nine CD’s which comprise Volumes I and II. Many delights. Much character development on the part of Sancho Panza. One thing that was consistent throughout was the humor, Sancho Panza’s ass, Dapple, not at all minding having his species used as the butt of
I have been spending much of my time lately immersed in the Cliburn Jr. International Piano Competition and Festival, which is being held in Dallas from May 31 through June 8. Twenty-four pianists aged 13 to 17 played in a preliminary round on Friday and Saturday. Twelve moved on to the quarterfinal round on Sunday
I picked up this book from the Woodland Public Library and have had it with me for my recent travels to British Columbia and Santa Cruz the last few weeks. My life has been in such a way that this book was the perfect escape to the Eastern part of the world, though it is
Last night I watched Jean-Michel Basquiat : The Radiant Child, and I am still not sure what I want to say about it. So this will take shape as I write. While I have been relatively familiar with Basquiat’s work for a number of years, I was not particularly familiar with “his story”, with his
My friend Sara told me about this 1884 classic when I saw her in Berkeley some weeks ago. I had never heard of Flatland before. The story is only 100 pages long and likely is sitting at your local library should you be interested. Flatland is brings the reader into a 2 dimensional world of
My adventures with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza continue. I am up to CD #16 of 29, having finished Volume I and moved into Volume II. I wondered how Cervantes could have possibly written a series of exploits of a deluded Knight Errant and his simple sidekick that would hold a reader’s attention. How different
On Tuesday evening I treated myself to an evening of poetry by watching the livestream of The Universe in Verse 2019. This is the third year for this event, and all three programs of poetry, music, and wonderful backstories, most often told by Maria Popova of “Brainpickings (the show’s organizer and host), was a wonderful treat.
I opened the morning with May POETRY and it did not disappoint – in particular the poem “A Partial History” by Ariana Reines held me and there are numerous others – it is a good one! I keep these books with me all the time. The commentary also taught me about the book Gunslinger which
I have been wanting to write for some time about my experience seeing this exhibit but am still unsure I can find the language to describe it. I first learned of Rick Bartow when I read a review of this show about a year ago, on Hyperallergic. I immediately ordered the book because the images
Seasonal Reading 