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.
From Plato’s Apology
Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle. Plato’s Apology is basically a transcript of Socrates speech/defense at his trial where he was found guilty and sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison (hemlock). The following is an exert from that speech (towards...
St. Sebastian
Fr. Cyprian couldn’t help but wonder how things would have been different if Sebastian hadn’t been named after a saint, even if indirectly. Was it all part of a divine purpose or the seed of an idea planted in Sebastian’s head at an early age by his mother in the...
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 finished it and then started "Playground." As a writer, it is humbling to read something done so well that you yourself want to do. Powers did with the Ocean in...