In my house, the adults are in charge. I can say this because Kristy and I have put rules in place and those rules are respected.I can say this confidently because, while discipline is meted out quickly and fairly, praise and gratitude are handed down just as swiftly. And I say this without fear of reprise, because The Quartet rarely reads the newspaper. When they do, it's mainly for the Sudoku and Southland Park's daily double numbers ... (read more)
The writer spends his life in a solitary landscape of desk, typewriter and window through which he gazes out at the world to recharge his creative battery.
At least he used to.
Now, it’s probably more Mac, Starbucks and iPod. Nevertheless, writing is a solo and, mostly, lonesome pursuit. Paul Auster pours this feeling of seclusion out onto paper and into novels populated by rich, though solitary, characters ... (read more)
My sister recently gave me the book "Seaworthy" by T.R. Pearson, the story of a man who built a raft and sailed it alone across a couple of oceans. As I sat staring at the photo on the cover of a leathery old man staring out at the horizon, I declared that I, too, would like to build a raft and sail it across the sea ... (read more)
