Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) The great grandson of the famous Phileas Fogg accepts a bet to repeat his ancestors renowned expedition by traveling around the world in eighty days. But unbeknownst to him the younger Fogg ha...
Let’s start with an excellent novella by Tobias Wolff, The Barracks Thief. This is the story of Philip, a young man who struggles to find his place in the world between an absentee father, a struggling mother, and a younger brother Keith who’s adrift. We’re probably in the 1960s ...
My life no longer seems to follow the tragic comedy of any of the characters you may find inThe Inbetweeners, but instead closer resembles that of a plot-line in one ofThe Hobbitmovies – (spoilers) – a lot of shit goes down at the start but the good guys all go on to live happily...
We’ve loved being back among the quick-draw smiles and frequent waves of strangers in America.The churches here seem full, and there’s a high standard of common kindness.There’s never anything like home.Of course, people are people all over the world.But it sure is helpful to be able...
White Dog by Romain Gary (France).If evil things were done only by evil men, the world would be an admirable place. This is a memoir Gary wrote when he was a diplomat in Los Angeles and married to Jean Seberg. It’s set in 1968, the year of riots in Paris, the year Martin Luthe...
When he reached for the stuffing, Grandma, hands on her hips, said, “Shoo you two. Come back when we’re ready to eat, in about two hours.” “Let’s go for a walk Toby,” Grandpa said. “Get dressed in warm clothes. We’re going birding.” A voice in the next room said, ...
So on Monday, the new expansion to my 58keys YouTube channel starts with the first of at least six weekly writing workshop videos. I say at least six because I made half a dozen of them and will remake the ones I’ve thrown away. And based on previous evidence, like four unbroken ...
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And I’ll watch it on YouTube. Let’s move to a totally different book, The Scared Stiff by Donald Westlake, classic crime fiction, something like Double Indemnity by James M. Cain. Barry Lee and his wife Lola struggle with money. They decide to cash in their life insurance only to ...