Public Mind

Beautiful morning

Not a lot to say this morning, but it is beautiful outside today.  Whay can't it be like this all the time?  Oh yeah, this is Indiana.  But it's home.

Alex's future

Alex is going to attend Cathedral High School.  We think this is the right place for him, and are now challenged with paying the freight.  No matter.  It is the best choice for him, and I think he is excited.  Will be in the band and on the tennis team.  Good for Alex!

Books I want to read

These are books - fiction and non-fiction - that I'd like to read. As always, finding the time is a big challenge.

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
"I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt
The Sea by John Banville
Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond by Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years by Taylor Branch
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Stradivari's Genius: Five Violins, One Cellom and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection by Toby Faber
The Morotcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara
Ghosting: A Double Life by Jennie Erdal
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Running With Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D Ehrman
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf

Cozy

Son Alex just returned from taking his placement exam for Cathedral High School.  Walking into the family room where a fire is blazing, he declared, "This place has a homey feel to it."  My life is complete.

New look, a new time

I guess it's sort of like the occasional need to rearrange the living room furniture.  I refer, of course, to changing the template for this blog.  So I did.

As for the new time (and I don't mean DST), I sense a changing roadway ahead.  The drive should be interesting, taking care of course to avoid the potholes.  Drivers wanted.