June 3, 2019
The Doodles of Famous Authors
I’m not shy about my love of words, letters, and even whole sentences. So imagine my excitement when I stumbled upon a truly impressive feat of cultural curation over at […]
January 18, 2015
Doubling Down on the Clown (Part One)
Reading Peter Baker’s piece in today’s New York Times about the two older Bush brothers, I came across these 1988 statements by the youngest brother, Marvin: “Jeb is the serious […]
January 28, 2012
Short Takes: The Eleven (Self-Addressed) Commandments
“When you can’t create you can work.” “Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.” Some words of wisdom in the writing commandments of Henry Miller. Nabokov: “I’ve […]