Monthly Archives: November 2006

Grayson

Grayson is a baby gray whale who gets separated from his mother and joins Lynne Cox, a long distance swimmer who is training in the predawn hours off the coast of California near Seal Beach.  When a friend on the … Continue reading

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Istanbul

This is Noble Prize winner Pamuk’s memoire about his native city. I read it with the hope of becoming more familiar with Islamic culture. In actuality I learned more about the author’s family life (multiple kinsfolk inhabiting one whole apartment … Continue reading

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The Creation

I am puzzled by my own reaction to E.O. Wilson’s THE CREATION, An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, which takes the form of a letter to a Southern Baptist pastor from an eminent entomologist who grew up in that … Continue reading

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