I read this short novel in three hours. Oates’s writing is vivid and succinct, but this story was not horribly unique. I have read many stories and seen many movies about the downside of the sexual “liberation” of the 70s (what a vivid description, eh?!) The imagery was interesting, though. Oates’s sparse and obvious prose [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Book Review: Joyce Carol Oates’s ‘Beasts’
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Beasts, Book Review, Joyce Carol Oates on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
life’s adventures [even the little ones]
Posted in Adventures, tagged Adventures, Biking across America, Couch Surfing, Life, Life Stages, Travel, WWOOF on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night Chris and I hosted our first Couch Surfer, Jonathan. He is currently biking across America, from Seaside, Oregon to Yorktown, Virginia, following the trail of Lewis & Clark. What a cool guy and a great first experience with Couch Surfing. He’s even a Minnesota native, and so it was nice being around a [...]
Constructing Memories
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blog, Life, Literature, Memories, Philosophy, Reality, Woolf, Wordsworth on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I first started this blog, I gave it this title. Since then, the blog has morphed into something other than its original designation. And yet, I think I ought to give voice to this concept of ‘identity construction through memory construction,’ because I’ve been thinking about it recently, and I think others may find [...]
Photo Log of New Midwestern Adventures
Posted in Adventures, Uncategorized, tagged Adventures, Nature, Pictures, South Dakota, Spirit Mound, Travel on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some pictures from our most recent South Dakotan adventures. First: Spirit Mound. Called Paha Wakan by the local Indian tribes, this natural monument (created during the most recent Ice Age) was believed to be the home of little devils or spirits who caused harm to any person who went near. On August 25, [...]
