I first heard of the Gita in high school religion class. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a very good student at that time and foreign religions didn’t interest me at all. I decided to read this after listening to electronic music where some quotes from Oppenheimer had been added. I was curious about the following: “We knew…… Continue reading The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners
Category: Books
My notes on books I’ve read.
The Way of All Flesh
I enjoy reading books about life in villages pre-industrial revolution wherever in the world they may be. Asking ChatGPT to recommend books like this returned this title and so I read it. I was a bit weary since it was a “Duke Classic book” and it also had the flavor of being something like Middlemarch,…… Continue reading The Way of All Flesh
Lapham’s Quarterly – States of Mind
It is ironic that I read States of Mind while I wasn’t in a very good state of mind. An illness went through the house which was either flu or COVID and one of the symptoms for me was considerable brain fog. I found myself having to reread paragraphs three or four times and with…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – States of Mind
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson
Over the past two years I’ve been enjoying books about life in countryside villages, pre-industrial revolution. I asked ChatGPT about other books regarding the simplicity of nature and that is how I must have stumbled upon this book. I had no intention to read a book about the Appalachian trail. I’m not interested in the…… Continue reading A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson
Tales of Old Japan – Lafcadio Hearn
I thought I’d have more notes reading this book like I did when I read Lafcadio Hearn’s “Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation.” The books were different in that this book didn’t get into the culture very much and just related tales, which, inherently teach us about Japanese culture but not to the depths of An…… Continue reading Tales of Old Japan – Lafcadio Hearn
Lapham’s Quarterly – Disaster
This is an edition of Lapham’s Quarterly I read sometime in the last decade. It was after I started highlighting passages in books I was reading but before I started recording those highlights here. I’m finally getting around to adding those highlights. Man is so opinionated that he sees only himself as the object of…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Disaster
Lapham’s Quarterly – Arts & Letters
This is an edition of Lapham’s Quarterly I read sometime in the last decade. It was after I started highlighting passages in books I was reading but before I started recording those highlights here. I’m finally getting around to adding those highlights. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Arts & Letters
Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation – Lafcadio Hearn
I’ve always though to read some of Lafcadio Hearn’s works. When you live in Japan for any sort of time and take an interest in the culture you’ll eventually hear of him as being the first “Japanophile.” I’m sure there were others but given his literary works, and that there were few ‘gaijin’ around back…… Continue reading Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation – Lafcadio Hearn