My father grew up in Alaska, having moved there with his family around the age of two. He lived first in Fairbanks, and then moved (with his parents and older sister) to a cabin a few miles outside of Fox, Alaska, which is maybe not quite a half hour outside of Fairbanks proper. I first … Continue reading The Last Frontier
Writing
Call of the Wild
Progress has been slow on the Classics Book Reading Project front, for all the usual reasons, which can be largely summed up as "life"- I've read a few more than indicated here, because I just haven't blogged about them, but I'm definitely still behind where I "should" be according to our five year plan. But! … Continue reading Call of the Wild
More bounce, less fall
I dreamed two nights ago that I was standing on a balance beam. The beam was long and wooden, but narrower than they usually are, probably only the width of my foot. The room around me was a generic gym-sort of place: low ceilings; a bank of windows to my left, the start-at-shoulder-height bland rectangle kind. A … Continue reading More bounce, less fall
On Reclaimation
A couple of years ago, Wil Wheaton decided to try and reclaim his blog. He said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that he felt like the sorts of things he'd used to share on his blog had all sort of diverged into various postings on social media sites, and that had then made him feel as … Continue reading On Reclaimation
Robinson Crusoe
The fourth book on mine and Stephanie's Book List O' Doom (yes, I'm writing about them all out of order, apologies to the reader) was Robinson Crusoe. This was one of those books about which I felt I knew a fair amount going in (though, in retrospect I was conflating it a bit with The … Continue reading Robinson Crusoe
Wuthering Heights
So, Wuthering Heights has been the most recent book on mine and Stephanie's Book List O' Doom, and it's only the second one I had been actually excited to read, as opposed to indifferent (Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein, Paradise Lost) or dreading (Pilgrim's Progress). I read Jane Eyre a million years ago and really loved it, … Continue reading Wuthering Heights
Pilgrim’s Progress
Since I know there are those of you out there waiting with bated breath for the latest news on Stephanie's and my ongoing Book Project of Doom, I figured I'd better give an update: Pilgrim's Progress puts me to sleep. I know, isn't this just riveting? This project is absolutely spellbinding in its fast-paced action and … Continue reading Pilgrim’s Progress
Shame and the Creative Arts
I've never been good about talking about what I do creatively. I have a radio show, but do I publicize it? No, not really. Why would anyone want to know about it? It's just a little thing I do online, it's not a big deal. I do photography, sometimes. Do I talk about it? Well, the … Continue reading Shame and the Creative Arts
Don Quixote, Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
So, as you may (or likely may not) remember, back at the beginning of September, my dear friend and partner in over-ambition, Stephanie Whiteside, and I started a new project, specifically one where we were going to read All The Books. Well, it's been a month, and I am here to report that I am … Continue reading Don Quixote, Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
DIY Lit Camp
So, because I needed another project, my usual partner-in-harebrainedness Stephanie Whiteside and I decided that we are going to read our way through the classics. Well. Some of them, anyway. 102 of them, to be exact.
