I've started reading The Great Gatsby for what may be the first time? I'm unsure. I read an article recently about certain books that everyone claims to have read, but not many really have, and Gatsby was one of them. I always thought I read it in high-school, and always marked it off as 'read' …
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
A very powerful book that will change the way you think about migrants/refugees/the poor. I thought I had a socialist bent, I thought I was a person sensitive to these things. This book magnified my socialism/humanism by 100. When we are divided out as millions of individuals, we are weak, and will be taken advantage …
First story of the year
Not even out of the first week. A good sign! Damn it feels good to be a writer. Creation has been slowed due to all the editing I've been doing, so it is a much needed brain flexing to actually work on something new. Now, back to the grind...
Trees look like nervous systems
Naked trees, especially in the fog, make me think of nervous systems. They are kind of creepy looking if you think of it that way. The roots could be nerves too, though we don't see them. Branches are kind of like air-roots. The tree we see above ground is a mirror of the roots below... …
Oh my God the dictionary!
I started reading it... and am wondering why I never did this before. It's like walking through a treasure-filled cavern and snatching up any glinting piece that pulls my eye. So many words! I wish I had a randomized version of the dictionary so that all my new words wouldn't start with A, but here …
Jonas David 