February 2010
1 post
Cormac McCarthy
is my favorite author of all time.
If you haven’t read any of his stuff, check him out.
I got started reading No Country for Old Men after the film adaption received so many awards and I fell in love. I think The Road is my favorite, even though it was featured in Oprah’s Book Club. He’s a lot like William Faulkner, and it’s almost as if he belongs in the modern period,...
November 2009
4 posts
APO 96225
A young man once went off to war in a far country, and when he had time, he wrote home and said, “Dear Mom, sure rains a lot here.” But his mother — reading between the lines as mothers always do — wrote back, “We’re quite concerned. Tell us what it’s really like.” And the young man responded, “Wow! You ought to see the funny monkeys.” To...
I bought this cd today and I’m absolutely in...
Suicide's Note
“The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.”
By Langston Hughes
This was my favorite poem from Language Arts last year. It’s so simple but it has so much depth.
October 2009
3 posts
