“All have signed. All Totally Approve of my Border Area Improvement Initiative. Although Freeda? Too bad you didn’t sign it with your eyes closed while facing away from it. Not that I mind! You signed it, which is what matters, basically, I guess.” I don’t read an entire book in a single setting everyday, but …
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Over the Rhine Comes Home: 12/16
The first time I saw Over the Rhine perform was in the casual, intimate confines of the Great Room at St. John’s College in Santa Fe during one of Image Journal’s Glenn Workshops. A few weeks later I caught Karin and Linford performing outdoors at the Black Swamp Art Festival in Bowling Green, OH. Since …
Merry Wives
Last night we had a delightful event here at the corner of Circular and Walker streets. A small band of players braved the elements, illness, and piles of grading to convene in our living room to put on a dramatic reading of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor. Vince brought along an intriguing Clam-Chowder Lasagna, while …
T2: 12th Night Bitter
Just finished up bottling my second batch of homebrew. This time I went with an ale more in line with what I enjoy drinking the most. (I’ve enjoyed the Dortmunder–and will make it again–but darker brews are where my heart is.) I started off with an English Special Bitter kit from Grape and Granary. Taking …
Kon Tiki
Before my sophmore year of high school, I was set a list of books that I had to read over the summer. I was pretty excited when I read the dust jacket of Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki. I had already been bitten by the sea story bug, and what better adventure could there be than …
