Monthly Archives: April 2013

prose sketch: Ottawa Gardens

Last week I wrote part of a post about the movie Dead Poets Society, then lost it when something went wrong with the WordPress auto-save feature. So to get myself posting again, here is a sketch from today’s walk in … Continue reading

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Mastery by Robert Greene

Mastery by Robert Greene My rating: 4 of 5 stars Drawing lessons from the lives of accomplished people, this book offers practical, organized advice for how to realize your own Life’s Task. If a friend had not recommended this book … Continue reading

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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky My rating: 3 of 5 stars Too much of Dostoyevsky’s “greatest work” is protracted melodrama. As I type these words there are 4,116 reviews of this book on Goodreads. I’m writing this one to … Continue reading

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