Monthly Archives: February 2022
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt lived a life that was both remarkable and well documented, so there is no shortage of literature on the man. A few that I’ve read are Edmond Morris’s authoritative trilogy which can’t be beat for thoroughness, Theodore Roosevelt in the Field by Michael Canfield predictably focuses on Roosevelt’s exploits as a naturalist and…
Another man’s treasure
The other day, I stopped by JPL’s library to pick up a book. Yes, I still go to the library an occasion to get real physical books, and when I do I try to make a point of browsing the shelves to see if anything catches my eye. The librarians must have been doing some…
The Living Mountain
“Yet to listen is better than to speak. The talking tribe, I find, want sensation from the mountain – not in Keats’s sense. Beginners, not unnaturally, do the same – I did myself. They want the startling view, the horrid pinnacle – sips of beer and tea instead of milk. Yet often the mountain gives…