The Freshest Advices, September 1, 2023
As I type these words here in my office atop the Jepson House in beautiful downtown Savannah, Hurricane Ida Lupino (or whatever it’s called) is furiously lashing my windows with wind and rain. By the time you read this it will be well on its way out into the Atlantic, but I hope wherever you …Continue Reading »
Commonplace Book, July 28, 2023
Notes from my recent reading…. “Spring and winter look ahead, autumn looks back, but summer is most at home in the here and now. It is nature’s extroverted season, seldom subtle. Air is dense and heavy. Shade becomes a hunger. Fields droop with green, and gardens lean under the weight. Heat oppresses and thunderstorms build …Continue Reading »
Podcast S6E5: A Vow of Silence and the Mongolian Rhapsody
Commonplace Book, June 16, 2023
Notes from my recent reading…. “There are editors who will always feel guilty that they aren’t writers. I can write perfectly well—anybody who’s educated can write perfectly well. It’s very, very hard, and I just don’t like the activity. Whereas reading is like breathing.” Robert Gottlieb, Avid Reader: A Life “He never squandered an hour …Continue Reading »