Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Stopping by


Been a long while since I wrote here. I wish I had lots to report but the same old, same old. Greg is up to all kinds of interesting things but I don’t know his work well enough to speak of his plans.

Daughters, dogs, cat, degu and even the fish are doing fine.

Best recent reads have been “thirteen moons,” by Charles Frazier, "The Road," by Cormac McCarthy and "Out Stealing Horses," by Per Petteron. I read others but these were my favourites. Oh and I really enjoyed the last Harry Potter. Reading "Water for Elephants," by Sara Gruen at the present.

Recent music I really like: Bruce Springsteen’s Magic and Radiohead’s “In Rainbows”.

And best recent movie was “Control.”

Carry on. Take care.

“Charley concluded his hunting story by saying that until this night by the campfire with the tobacco smoke and brown whiskey, he had not spoken a word about his lost bear to any of his descendants but only whispered about it to Nancy the night of his return as they lay on their bed of hemlock boughs, and she held him and brushed his face with the big knuckles of her fingers and told him that he had tried but failed and sometimes that is all the victory we are allotted.” Charles Frazier, thirteen moons

3 Comments:

At 3:00 PM , Blogger Vitamin G: Your Recommended Dose of Garden Shenanigans said...

So glad to hear from you! I. too, have read The Road and loved it. I t may be my favorite book this year. I don't know how he does so much with so little. Water For Elephants is on my wish list and I have The Charles Frazier book (a signed copy!) but have yet to read it. I like the passage that you posted on your blog.

I'm reading Embers right now by Sandor Marai. It is practically baroque when compared to The Road. Music-wise? Feist. I just bought it from iTunes for ye olde ipod. Enjoy the holidays.

 
At 4:30 PM , Blogger alan said...

I like the Radiohead too, especially 'House of Cards'. And I've just finished reading McCarthy's Border Trilogy. Undeniably compelling and poetic, but bleak in the extreme at times.

 
At 12:37 PM , Blogger mary j. said...

Yes, McCarthy certainly does bleak well --
A signed copy of thirteen moons(nice) hope that passage wasn't a spoiler in any way?? It's from a very quick tale embedded in the story.

I also like House of Cards a lot.
Enjoy the holidays also :)

 

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