Shakespeare. In the park. With the book club. That was my Saturday night, and it was fabulous. The local Shakespeare company performed Twelfth Night for their summer play, so a couple of the ladies from my book club and I went to see it in the park. It was a perfect evening for it: The … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 27, 2021
Oliver Sacks
Year in Review- 2017
What do you do with a year like 2017? Politically, it's been a dumpster fire almost from the start with enough insanity to make you laugh manically, sob hysterically, or in many cases, run for office because you can't stand what's going on. Looking at the mess politicians are making of the wider world almost … Continue reading Year in Review- 2017
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Review: The River of Consciousness
The River of Cosnciousness by Oliver Sacks Non-Fiction/Science 256 pages Publishes October 24, 2017 From Goodreads: From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a … Continue reading Review: The River of Consciousness
Sunday Sum-Up
Happy Time Change Day! I wish I could say I got an extra hour of sleep, but even without an alarm set I woke up at the same time as usual, time change notwithstanding. Darned east windows, anyway. I went to a friend's going-away party last night. She's getting married next weekend, and then moving … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
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