Archive for May, 2007
Worse Than Pompeii
1902 eruption of Mount Pelée
You’ve probably heard of the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, but have you read about the eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902 and the destruction of Saint Pierre?
Probably not.
Do you know which caused greater loss of life? If you said the destruction of Pompeii […]
Update Summary 05-21-07
The New Yorker hasn’t interviewed me, so I got aSeamstress to do it instead.
Gripping in-depth interview right here.
Filed under Letters.
The Interview
As done by aSeamstress.
1.What is the best piece of advice that you’ve ever been given?
The best advice was from my Dad. Rather than being a piece of advice he has given on one particular occasion it has been his general exhortation to me in life. Distilled down to a pithy saying, it would be something […]
Update Summary 05-15-07
The vultures circle while Søren Kierkegaard and Jean de La Bruyère opine on life.
I had a turkey vulture sighting recently. You can read about it, and see a few pictures, here.
Filed in Letters.
For those interested in fine words of wisdom from the sages:
Søren Kierkegaard on choices, here.
Jean de La Bruyère on the nature of life, […]
Vultures Waiting
One Vulture
I did a double-take. I had just set out on my bike ride and wasn’t even a half mile from the house when I passed the old burned out house and the abandoned barn. As my gaze slid across the barn I half registered something different. Strange shapes–almost like huge bird statues–wait, there is […]
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