Monthly Archives: January 2017

Shelf Life: Reading Retrospective, Part 4

Posted on January 28, 2017 by polloplayer

July was a challenging month for reading. Not the least because the languorous summer days hold so many other temptations. It was also because I had decided to read that brick, that tome, that substitute-for-a-doorstop that is entitled Vanity Fair. And … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: 2016 Reading Retrospective, Part 3

Posted on January 21, 2017 by polloplayer

It was the fall of 1986 and we had driven from Paris to Dijon. I can’t imagine it now – no Google Maps, no TripAdvisor, no knowledge of the French language and no hotel or dining reservations. We were armed with … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: 2016 Reading Retrospective, Part 2

Posted on January 14, 2017 by polloplayer

I remember March and April of 2016 for the harsh glare of the California sun. In theory, endless days of sunshine sounds like a good thing, but amid our waning hopes for rain it felt like a dusty curse. Some … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: 2016 Reading Retrospective, Part One.

Posted on January 7, 2017 by polloplayer

“For everything there is a season” said wise Solomon in Ecclesiastes, “a time for every purpose under the sun.” In my world, that purpose is usually reading, because, really, what else matters? As Teddy Roosevelt so aptly put it “Reading … Continue reading →

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