The Compass Rose

One of the great lessons of my life--if I may--is that the way to make people do something is to make them want to do it, instead of mak...

When spouse and I traveled to Scotland in 2005, we stayed briefly in London, so that I could scout the London booksellers, and we could e...

Reviewing a juvenile title affords me the opportunity to hold forth on a variety of subjects which I don't often discuss here, though I...

Levi Stadium On the subtitle of this blog, it reads "rumination on literature, art, politics, music, photography, design (archit...

A Young Woman in a Russian Hat Holding a Book  by  Pietro Antonio Rotari [1707-1762] (oil on canvas 17.4" x 13.9") Ro...

If you've ever been in Louisiana during a hot, humid tropical rainstorm, you know something of the richness and sticky sensuality of th...

As I was looking at the clock on the wall of my office this week a thought occurred to me. I was never a whiz at math, so most of my ...