Dansite

“After all," said the Duchess vaguely, "there are certain things you can't get away from..."

“There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always."...

Treats received today from my good friend Will Leathem. I read them immediately...

All these acquisitions, and any that aren't here but on the way, are justified by the fact that...I wanted them...

“Dypaloh. There was a house made of dawn. It was made of pollen and of rain, and the land was very old and everlasting..."

I imagine her attention falling to me, just for a moment, in this crowd, out on the street...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, champion of Beat Generation writers passed away this week at 101 years of age...

"There is a kind of life that is peculiar to the land in summer—a wariness, a seasonal equation of well-being and alertness..."

From Prospero's Books Kansas City, The Dusty Bookshelf Lawrence, KS, and my Library of America subscription...

"I was stunned by Mary Karr’s memoir, The Liars’ Club. Not just by its ferocity, its beauty, and..."

I found a copy of this book at The Dusty Bookshelf here in Lawrence, KS today...

What would stop you from reading?

On the Reading page for Terrible Ideas, the Currently Reading section now contains 9 books...

As a friend recently pointed out to me, David McCullough is a national treasure...

I just finished Dome of the Hidden Pavilion by the late James Tate...

I have just finished reading and enjoying The Sun Temple by Tarrytown novelist Brian Späth...