favorite writing

I’ve put together a list of my favorite writing. It’s a hard thing to list your all-time favorite writing, because such favorites are always a shifting mix. But I think I’ve listed those pieces of writing that I most admire, have been changed by, that I can’t forget, or just keep returning to. I am [...]

more lost files

I discovered yesterday that it wasn’t just the one file that was lost, but 5 or 6 files, all of which I had updated recently and most of which I hadn’t backed up yet. Argh! Completely demoralizing. It feels like someone is trying to tell me something about this book. Something like, “Hey, don’t write [...]

lost files

I hadn’t worked on my Korea book in over a week, so yesterday afternoon I went down to my favorite neighborhood cafe, and thought I would get to work. Ten days earlier, I had written about 5-6 pages of a new chapter about my students in Korea and their views on women. I have been [...]

full moon

The last two nights the moon has been so full and so bright that the birds began singing before midnight.

jury duty service

Excused! I managed to escape service (for another year, at least), but it was a bit close. I was called with about 50 others to go to a courtroom for jury selection, but when we got there the judge told us the case had been settled and we were excused. Whoohoo!
So, $9 in parking later, [...]

what I’ve been reading in S.F.

Here’s a look at what I’ve been reading since I got home from Boston:
-”Middlesex,” by Jeffrey Eugenidies. This book rocked! I was resistant to it for a long time, but I finally caved to the pressure. It was worth it. It’s the best novel I’ve read in ages.
- “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”, by [...]