THIS POST IS CROSS-POSTED FROM A MOVEABLE GARDEN BLOG, my other blog, where it’s part of a 31-day series on Apocalypse. Welcome to day 18 of 31 Days of Apocalypse, Now, a month of posts about apocalypse, revelation, uncovering what’s been hidden. Each post will look at these ideas from its own vantage point, which may not obviously connect with the others, and which may only peripherally seem related. I won’t attempt to tie the posts together. They’ll all be listed here, as they are posted. __________________________________________________ Note to those looking for gardening posts: This is not one. This may not be … Continue reading 31 DAYS: APOCALYPSE, NOW ~ DAY 18 :: UNVEILED VIOLENCE

A la Jessamyn number of books read in 2012: 50 number of books read in 2011: 55 number of books read in 2010: 34 number of books read in 2009: 74 (still have to compile 2006-2008) number of books read in 2005:  37 number of books read in 2004: 46 average read per month: 4.2 books average read per week: almost 1 book number read in worst month: 1 (Jan) number read in best month: 7 (May and June) percentage by male authors: 40% (20) percentage by female authors: 60% (30) fiction as percentage of total: 88% (44 books) crime … Continue reading 2012 Book Summary

We finally got around to visiting the summer homestead, “Aspet,” of American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, in Cornish, NH, just over the VT border. It’s a National Park Service historic site, one of only two National Park Service sites dedicated to visual artists (the other is Weir Farm National Historic Site, in Wilton CT). (I had just heard writer David McCullough singing Saint-Gaudens’ praises on a rebroadcast of Writers on a New England Stage earlier in the week.) We arrived yesterday just as the 2 p.m. concert was getting underway, an a cappella concert of choral songs from many countries and … Continue reading Road Trip: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site