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Immortality
I started reading Adam Leith Gollner’s The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever on April 17th and I finished it on about the 10th of May. This was also a very good book, full of … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, nonfiction, philosophy, spirit
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Musings About Joseph Campbell
So I’ve decided that I do want to write about Hero with a Thousand Faces that I recently read. Joseph Campbell wrote this book back in 1949 – right smack in the middle of the twentieth century. I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Books, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged art, books, history, Literature, NATURE, nonfiction, philosophy, questions, religion, serendipity, spirit
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More BOOKS
I actually started reading two new books yesterday, one fiction, one non-fiction – plus I am still reading Old Friend from Far Away, by Natalie Goldberg. [UPDATE 3/16/14: I finished this book yesterday; a beautifully written book, filled with lots … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Books
Tagged books, entertainment, Fiction, nonfiction, writing
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Writing Books
On Wednesday, I again picked up “The Memoir Project,” by Marion Roach Smith. I had started reading it before – when I’d picked it up from the library but then decided I wanted my own copy that I could mark … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Onward & Upward, Tools
Tagged books, goals, nonfiction, writing
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cracking eggs…
The other day, I started thinking about a book that I read a few years ago, “Crack in the Cosmic Egg,” by Joseph Chilton Pearce. I couldn’t really recall what it was about, but it seemed to be related to … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged books, nonfiction, philosophy, Reality, science, serendipity
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“Writing Down the Bones”
On August 23rd I started reading Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones.” It is one of the absolute BEST darn books about writing – and life in general – that I have ever, ever read. It is simple, direct, straightforward, … Continue reading
Also reading…
Make a Scene, by Jordan E. Rosenfeld. Started this on Aug. 17th; finished reading on Aug. 22. And now this: Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. Began on August 23rd; finished on Sept. 13th. This has become one … Continue reading
Loving Someone with Asperger’s
Yesterday (7/11/13) I started reading this. Last summer when I was in L.A. visiting my dad and his wife, she so kindly loaned me this book thinking it would help me to understand my father better. It has been a … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspergers, books, family, nonfiction
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The Nuremberg Interviews
The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn I started reading this book on March 24th, and didn’t finish it until May 15th. This was a “heavy” book to read, and often very disturbing. I found that I generally could only take … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, history, insanity, nonfiction, questions
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Books: Nesbo again, and art…
I went to the Library today. Got “The Redeemer” by Jo Nesbo,” which I had reserved for some months. This book belonged in between the “Harry Hole” books I read at the end of last year, but for some reason … Continue reading
3/24/2013
Today I started reading “The Nuremberg Interviews,” by Leon Goldensohn; Robert Gellately, editor. Who isn’t curious about what drove the Nazi “monsters” to do what they did. It is chilling. …And as I write this, I am thinking about a client … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, history, insanity, nonfiction, philosophy
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Sala’s Gift
And I am now reading this: Sala’s Gift: My Mother’s Holocaust Story by Ann Kirschner This is actually a good segue from the last book I read, “By Blood.” And I finished this on Monday, the 18th. What a wonderful … Continue reading
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Started this on February 18th; finished it on February 28th. This was one of the best books I have ever read, without question. A very important book. After reading this, … Continue reading
“Scattered”
I have started reading the book Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, by Gabor Maté. This is a wonderful and highly-recommended book on the subject of ADD/HD. Dr. Maté writes very clearly and … Continue reading
Dan Pink books
Towards the end of this past year, I read A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Dan Pink. I am not sure what led me to this book, but I was intrigued by the idea that creative skills and … Continue reading
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Tagged ADD/HD, books, creativity, nonfiction, philosophy
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