Back in the seventies, from what my brain remembers, there was a fascination with what was then termed “mysterious monsters.” I distinctly remember films about Bigfoot, and they frankly scared the shit out of me.
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Impressions ’85
I recently got a new scanner. It’s an older-model Fujitsu ScanSnap S500M, and since then, I’ve been a scanning fool. Perhaps I’m a bit more nostalgic than most, but I’ve been carrying around boxes of paper memories for the last twenty years. It begins mostly with high school — letters, photos, cards, awards, notes — [...]
End of May
I haven’t written on my blog during the whole month of May as should be obvious. I’d like to say that I’ve been writing elsewhere, but that would be a lie. I have been on break — a much needed break. Alas, May is at an end, and so is my break. I begin teaching [...]
Symbiosis
I will often tell my literature students that we humans define ourselves in opposition to nature. “Humans hate nature,” I’ll say, employing hyperbole to get them thinking. “Look around,” I spread my arms and gesture around the classroom, “what’s natural in here?” A couple will usually look around at the desks and fluorescent lights, but all remain [...]
Late Update
OK, it looks like I haven’t written anything in April. What happened? When I look back to March, there’s almost a post everyday. Poor April has but one. Booooo! Am I falling down? Have I forgotten my promise? Have I just proved how much of a loser I really am? No. I have been writing [...]
Old Miscellany: Fleming and Bond
I was going through my filing cabinet this morning looking for notes on Flaubert, and I came across a file labeled “Old Miscellany.” I couldn’t pass that up. Oh the gems I found there, including some old copies of the North River News in which I had published some angry letters; some notes from my [...]
No Entry
Nothing today, my two readers, since I spent the morning working on a short story (up to 4000 words) and spent the rest of the day with my wife, running errands, hanging photos, and looking at furniture. Maybe I’ll have something tomorrow. Stay warm.