In this semi-regular post, I talk about some things that I enjoyed, was intrigued by, or am thankful for this past week. One Yeager: An Autobiography by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos … I wrote about my love for […]
Tag: books
The Right Time
Chuck Yeager is the reason I fell in love with reading biographies. I read my paperback copy of his autobiography, Yeager, so many times that it literally fell apart some time around high school. In spite of that, I kept […]
The Value Of Being Surprised
I unexpectedly came to the end of Dune last night. How does one finish a book “unexpectedly” you might ask? After all, there’s only so many pages – it should be easy to see coming. What I hadn’t realized is […]
The Friday Five | September 18, 2020
The Friday Five is a semi-regular feature here on the blog where I post about some things from the past week that I’ve enjoyed reading, listening to, watching, or am just thankful for. Cory Wong – “Sidestep” (live) I’m probably […]
The Right Second (or Third) Book
Normally, I have two books going at any given time: the main book I’m reading and a book of poetry. The system works pretty good because if the main book gets a little too heavy or if a change-up is […]
Prep Work
I’ve often joked that the reason I gave up on reading Moby Dick was that I ran out of time. In the unabridged version on my shelf, it takes 100 pages before we get to the boat and then another […]
The Friday Five: Just A Closer Walk
The Friday Five is a collection of things I’ve enjoyed, am thankful for, been inspired by, or found interesting from the previous week and want to share. 1. Just A Closer Walk With Thee This video was recorded at the […]
The Friday Five | May 29, 2020
I’m not calling this week’s post a celebration, because it’s more of a coping mechanism at this point. The United States has surpassed 100,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, another brutal death for the crime of being black, protestors attacked, […]
The Friday Five | May 15, 2020
This is a collection of things that I’ve been enjoying, doing, or thinking about through the week. Since it’s been a little while since my last gratitude post, I thought this would be an opportune time to share some things […]
Risk Management
I’ve been pondering this section of Another Roadside Attraction enough to commit the page number to memory for reference. Considering I don’t memorize numbers easily (or for fun), that means… something… right? “You risked your life, but what else have […]