I first heard of the Gita in high school religion class. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a very good student at that time and foreign religions didn’t interest me at all. I decided to read this after listening to electronic music where some quotes from Oppenheimer had been added. I was curious about the following: “We knew…… Continue reading The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners
The Autumn Moon
The morning of October 6th, 2025 at 6:00 AM. This is my favorite time of year, the beginning of the holiday season. In Ohio, this would mean cooler temperatures, football games and leaves changing colors. Here in Pacifica and at this time of my life, Fall means less fog, sometimes higher temperatures, and Orion over…… Continue reading The Autumn Moon
The Way of All Flesh
I enjoy reading books about life in villages pre-industrial revolution wherever in the world they may be. Asking ChatGPT to recommend books like this returned this title and so I read it. I was a bit weary since it was a “Duke Classic book” and it also had the flavor of being something like Middlemarch,…… Continue reading The Way of All Flesh
St. Louis Trip
It is 7:30 AM and I’m sitting in The Hotel St. Louis, Autograph Collection. I don’t know what “Autograph collection” means but assume it is a marketing technique to make a hotel seem fancier than it is. This is my first time in St. Louis as well as this part of the country. Prior to…… Continue reading St. Louis Trip
The Jumble Newspaper Puzzle
About a decade or so ago I started reading my hometown newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch, again after years of getting my news from the newer internet sources like Google and other internet sources. The primary reason for the switch was one of nostalgia: I could read the print edition format right on my iPad which…… Continue reading The Jumble Newspaper Puzzle
Lapham’s Quarterly – States of Mind
It is ironic that I read States of Mind while I wasn’t in a very good state of mind. An illness went through the house which was either flu or COVID and one of the symptoms for me was considerable brain fog. I found myself having to reread paragraphs three or four times and with…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – States of Mind
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson
Over the past two years I’ve been enjoying books about life in countryside villages, pre-industrial revolution. I asked ChatGPT about other books regarding the simplicity of nature and that is how I must have stumbled upon this book. I had no intention to read a book about the Appalachian trail. I’m not interested in the…… Continue reading A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson
Tales of Old Japan – Lafcadio Hearn
I thought I’d have more notes reading this book like I did when I read Lafcadio Hearn’s “Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation.” The books were different in that this book didn’t get into the culture very much and just related tales, which, inherently teach us about Japanese culture but not to the depths of An…… Continue reading Tales of Old Japan – Lafcadio Hearn