Thank you for visiting my blog. It focuses primarily on books I’ve read, some short stories, and topics of interest. This font is “Aleph,” interestingly enough. I like it.
Remembering Norbert Blei
I didn't know Norbert well when I asked him to look at my first book. I never took a class from him. I can't even remember how I knew him, only that I did, and that I liked him, and that there was something about him, magnetic maybe, that attracted me to him, like...
Richard Powers
I read "Overstory," a few weeks ago because Chat suggested it as a comp for my novel. I immediately became depressed, but finished it and then started "Playground," which didn't cheer me up whatsover because all I could think was Why do I even try? As a writer, it is...
Anna Karenina
I can’t remember exactly why I started reading Anna Karenina because it was so long ago, but I am somewhat confident it was a reference to C.S. Lewis’s book about love or maybe the one about grief. It was my hard book. I try to read two books at the same time, an easy...
Long Bond Trading Strategy
My last financial post on 25 March Connecting the Dots could have been construed as a timing call, which wouldn’t be too far off base. As for myself, I’m over 26% YTD, but that post then (as clearly stated) was not to be considered financial advice then, and what...