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My Life As an Indian by J. W. Schultz
I just finished reading My Life As an Indian (1907), a memoir written by J. W. Schultz. This was a fantastic and moving read. The story begins in the late 1870s, as a teenage Schultz leaves his family home in St. Louis on a steamship, bound for present-day Montana. He befriends a trader named Berry…
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The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems by Michael Ondaatje
I just finished reading The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems (1970) by Michael Ondaatje. It is a combination of poetry and prose poetry; it’s often referred to as a novel in verse. Most of it is written from the fictional perspective of Billy the Kid. Some sections are written from the…
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Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
I just finished reading Stormbringer (1977) by Michael Moorcock, the sixth and concluding novel of the Elric Saga. This novel early on develops an epic tone and does not disappoint. In addition to Elric and his runesword Stormbringer, the reader is treated to some of Elric’s best companions—his fast and closest friend Moonglum, his cousin…
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Cattail
cattails in winter time
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Comics
I’m pretty much always in the process of slowing trying to complete a number of comic book runs and titles (the list of titles I’d like to collect seems to be in a state of constant expansion!), and I recently picked up a number of issues. I love the process of organizing new comics…bagging and…
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Rock Polishing
Polishing rocks with a rock tumbler!
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Ogre
Battle Masters miniature war game!
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Window
Pebble loves to sit in the window and look out upon the world. He’ll spend hours doing this, and likes windows in both the bedroom and the kitchen.
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The Hunter by Rose Estes
I finished reading The Hunter (1990) by Rose Estes, the first in a trilogy of novels that blends fantasy and science fiction.
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Oedipus by Seneca
I just finished reading Oedipus by Seneca (1st century AD), translated by E. F. Watling. This play deals with familiar Greek myth, specifically the story of Oedipus, more well-known from the earlier Theban plays of Sophocles. Seneca’s writing is darker and more violent than his Greek predecessor and, while the basic structure of the plot…