We recently paid some money to redo our front yard. We took this as an opportunity to address a longstanding and challenging situation with a neighbor. Continue reading

A bevy of good wishes for this holiday season, peaches. Here are my favorite reads of the year, starting with the 2024 releases. James by Percival Everett. The story of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of Jim. The best journey story I’ve ever read. Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon. A pair Continue reading

Those of us who read a great deal have all hit stretches when it seems like every book we pick up is not to our tastes, for one reason or another. I, on the other hand, have been enjoying a month of excellent books. In no particular order: When We Cease to Understand the World Continue reading

Has everybody seen the recent NYTimes feature in which they compiled the votes of 500+ writers and other publishing luminaries and created a list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century so far? They also offered a ballot where readers can supply their own 10 titles. Here are mine! I assume by the Continue reading