Cultivating Outrage

There are three photo albums. First, an album of overall trip photos  (view the photos individually to see the captions). Second, an album o...

Other than science fiction, I don't read many novels. But it seems to me that more and more novels do a lot of time jumps, both backward...

  In the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Link to more photos .  As always, view the photos individually to see the captions. We took this shor...

  We took this short trip to Pismo Beach and nearby sites. Happily, the weather was mild and it didn't rain. The trip began with a ride...

  Today at the LATimes Festival of Books. Click here for two photos from the event: - John Scalzi and panel - Barbara McQuaid ( Index to a...

Justin Torres spoke at Occidental this evening. I haven't read the book yet, but given the subject matter and the appearance of many of ...

Victor with his mother Queso Relleno Yucateco made by Victor's sister We go to Mérida so often that I  don't usually blog about it, ...

Very young Rodney I've been meaning to write about this for a very long time. T he final impetus was Fiona Hill's  There Is Nothing ...

  At Apple Farm Inn Link to more photos . As always, view the photos individually to see the captions. We went on this short 3-day tour of ...

  As I've always said, I decided in high school that my goal in life was to retire.  And in retirement I wanted to read, write, and trav...