What books am I reading now?

Well, I am in the middle of several books, as usual. But I also just finished "The New Space Opera" ed. by Gardner Dozois. My impression is that the singularity, genetic modifications, faster than light travel, etc. have become such cliches that they aren't interesting any more. I wonder whether this genre will ever find new ideas.

Take lots of pictures, make lots of plans!

Prepare for the future!

Books I'm Reading

I rereading Pickwick Papers, and a couple of weeks ago a bio of Simon Weil. I'm trying to get through several geometry texts but I need to really sit down and
concentrate on them, maybe with a very big sketchbook at hand! And colored pencils.

Listening to "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" in the car

I have a lot of time in the car, with the school commute, so I'm listening to Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle". It's interesting to hear her talk about the drought in the South; it's a tough time here. We are saving the cold water that runs out of the shower before it warms up, and using it to water the bushes in the front of the house. It's astonishing to see how much water we are wasting.

Walt Whitman at the Metro

My son and I went to the Dupont Circle Metro stop on Sunday, and there was a wonderful prose quote from Walt Whitman engraved on the stone walls of the escalator. It has to do with his service in Civil War hospitals.
I can't find the exact quote online (I didn't write it down).

There was a terrific story about Walt Whitman in Best American Short Stories one year, called "Every Night for a Thousand Years".