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Category Archives: USA
My First Bookstore
My First Bookstore by Edward Hirsch 1. Another Family My grandfather liked to hang around Moishe Cheshinsky’s bookstore on Lawrence Avenue. We were usually the only ones in the stacks. The back room was dusty. Most of the books were written … Continue reading
I can’t believe that NYC is #17
To paraphrase Tolstoy’s famous opening line: All happy cities are alike; each unhappy city is unhappy in its own way. Maybe that’s too clunky a way to introduce the 2025 Happy City Index, but I’m seriously jetlagged so it will … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Europe, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Aarhus, Cities, Copenhagen, Singapore, Zurich
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It’s going as planned
Passenger train networks: United States vs Europe.
Posted in Europe, Maps, Public Transport, USA
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In my dreams the world would come alive
In my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust of this painted life. But then I have long since grown accustomed to the thought … Continue reading
Nobody can explain a dragon
So these are reports of my explorations and discoveries: tales from Earthsea for those who have liked or think they might like the place, and who are willing to accept these hypotheses: things change: authors and wizards are not always … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Earthsea, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ursala K. Le Guin
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Who reads what where
If you believe the main stream media reports, it would seem that folks across the United States have given up on reading and spend all of their time glued to a mobile phone. But those of us in the book … Continue reading
The gods wait to delight in you
Charles Bukowski // “Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be … Continue reading
The Wizard is 125
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published on this date in 1900. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 