Art · Books · Travel

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Half the fun in traveling, for me anyway, lies in anticipating the trip itself. Knowing I would have loads of flight time on my trip to Italy this summer, I scoured around looking for a novel that would give me solid information as well as the mood and atmosphere appropriate for a first time trip… Continue reading The Agony and the Ecstasy

Books · Character

Facing The Flinch

Sometimes you read something that is good and you promptly forget it.  And then there are times when you read something good, at the exact right time, and it moves you to take action. This is what happened when I read  The Flinch by Julien Smith at the start of January this year. This short,… Continue reading Facing The Flinch