Bookish thoughts from a woman of endless curiousity.

The proof you can ask the Universe for it. Filed under Musings and wisdom. Einstein on the meaning of life. Filed under Musings and wisdom.

Thoughts on people, our interactions, and the stories that create us. Posted December 1, 2006. We should not discount the experiences we have or the people who come into our lives. We should try to see experiences and people with wide open eyes. Everything and each person has it or his or her place; we should honor this by trying our hardest to find that place. Posted November 23, 2006.

Sunday, March 14, 2010. In the second half of 2006, I began reading Remembrance of Things Past. Or what today commonly is titled In Search of Lost Time. This is not to say that the title changed while I was reading it. I might get through ten pages before my eyes fell shut. With Proust, it was more like two pages. But I did not understand its con.

Just dropping in, in case any of my readers are still checking on this space.

Giving you the line on good books. A lil of this, A lil of that. Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2011 by sherid. Soo, just wanted to download all of my recent reads onto Bookie so that I can stop trying to store them in my already cluttered brain. I am not adding links because I am a lazy blogger and because google is your friend.

The agony and ecstasy of a reading life. Local independent publisher Graywolf Press is on a winning streak. Over the past several years they have been publishing some really fantastic stuff. They make me feel both proud and lucky to live in Minneapolis! One of their 2015 publications, The Argonauts. By Maggie Nelson is another winner. Nonfiction to be sure but not one of those books that fits into a neat category. I sent you the passage from. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes.

Wednesday, Sep 5 2007. I came across this interesting passage, from Peter D. The Renaissance sustained several simultaneous traditions of melancholy. Cervantes began his literary career with a long pastoral poem, full of pining and tearful shepherds suffering from unrequited love. In the case of insanity,. What it is to us. Monday, Aug 20 2007.

A search for the perfect novel. Two Novels by Marcel Pagnol. And Manon of the Springs. Are two novels that could each stand alone, but are a continuing story that make up The Water of the Hills. It occurred to me throughout these two novels, that it was all here- murder, love, lust, altruism, deceit, fear, pity- all of the conflict imaginable- man vs. nature, man fighting internal struggles, man struggling with god. At one point I started ticking off examples of the.

Friday, September 12, 2008. Check out the other events at Ladyfest, especially the workshops - some of them sound pretty cool! Torrential rai.