Greg Kindall
@gregkindall.bsky.social
non ridere, non lugere, neque detestari, sed intelligere
I read The Pastures of Heaven, by John Steinbeck (1932). A skein of stories about the inhabitants of Las Pasturas del Cielo [real-life Corral de Tierra, situated in the hills between Monterey and Salinas].
Among my Steinbeck favorites.
Among my Steinbeck favorites.
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I read The Pastures of Heaven, by John Steinbeck (1932). A skein of stories about the inhabitants of Las Pasturas del Cielo [real-life Corral de Tierra, situated in the hills between Monterey and Salinas].
Among my Steinbeck favorites.
Among my Steinbeck favorites.
I read Down and Out in Paris and London, by George Orwell (1933). I'm grateful that Orwell had these experiences (and made a fine book of them) and that I haven't.
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I read Down and Out in Paris and London, by George Orwell (1933). I'm grateful that Orwell had these experiences (and made a fine book of them) and that I haven't.
I read Christianity & the Writer's Task, by Georges Bernanos (Wiseblood Books, 2022). I'm neither Catholic nor writer but thought the author of Mouchette & Diary of a Country Priest might have something interesting to say.
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I read Christianity & the Writer's Task, by Georges Bernanos (Wiseblood Books, 2022). I'm neither Catholic nor writer but thought the author of Mouchette & Diary of a Country Priest might have something interesting to say.
I read Distant Light [La Lucina], by Antonio Moresco (2013; 2016 translation by Richard Dixon for Archipelago Books).
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I read Distant Light [La Lucina], by Antonio Moresco (2013; 2016 translation by Richard Dixon for Archipelago Books).
I read The Old Glory, by Robert Lowell (1965), a trio of plays (Endecott and the Red Cross; My Kinsman, Major Molineux; & Benito Cereno), based on stories by Hawthorne and Melville.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I read The Old Glory, by Robert Lowell (1965), a trio of plays (Endecott and the Red Cross; My Kinsman, Major Molineux; & Benito Cereno), based on stories by Hawthorne and Melville.
I read The Invention of Love (1997), by Tom Stoppard, who has lately left us.
"...what emotional storms, and oh what a tiny teacup."
"...what emotional storms, and oh what a tiny teacup."
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I read The Invention of Love (1997), by Tom Stoppard, who has lately left us.
"...what emotional storms, and oh what a tiny teacup."
"...what emotional storms, and oh what a tiny teacup."
I read Vaim, by Jon Fosse (2025, translated by Damion Searls).
Lonely men and their boats.
And one headstrong gal.
Lonely men and their boats.
And one headstrong gal.
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I read Vaim, by Jon Fosse (2025, translated by Damion Searls).
Lonely men and their boats.
And one headstrong gal.
Lonely men and their boats.
And one headstrong gal.
I read Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis (1943), the second in his Space Trilogy.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I read Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis (1943), the second in his Space Trilogy.
I read Mimes, by Marcel Schwob (1893). Short vignettes, inspired by the recent discovery of the Mimes of Herodas (3rd century BC), but transformed into something between symbolist and surreal, with a whiff of opium about them.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I read Mimes, by Marcel Schwob (1893). Short vignettes, inspired by the recent discovery of the Mimes of Herodas (3rd century BC), but transformed into something between symbolist and surreal, with a whiff of opium about them.
Gerhard Richter, 1025 Farben (1974). In situ at the Louisiana in Humlebæk, Denmark.
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gerhard Richter, 1025 Farben (1974). In situ at the Louisiana in Humlebæk, Denmark.
I read Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets, 2015). Just for fun, a breezy introduction to the major meters, with a dozen or two examples of each showing its character and range of effects and uses.
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I read Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets, 2015). Just for fun, a breezy introduction to the major meters, with a dozen or two examples of each showing its character and range of effects and uses.
#MelvilleMonday
scanning dad's slides - I found this one of our 1966 31' Trojan Sea Skiff (Juneau, 1973). From which we saw lots of humpbacks and orcas.
scanning dad's slides - I found this one of our 1966 31' Trojan Sea Skiff (Juneau, 1973). From which we saw lots of humpbacks and orcas.
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#MelvilleMonday
scanning dad's slides - I found this one of our 1966 31' Trojan Sea Skiff (Juneau, 1973). From which we saw lots of humpbacks and orcas.
scanning dad's slides - I found this one of our 1966 31' Trojan Sea Skiff (Juneau, 1973). From which we saw lots of humpbacks and orcas.
I read A Kestrel for a Knave, by Barry Hines (1968).
I do love this book.
I do love this book.
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I read A Kestrel for a Knave, by Barry Hines (1968).
I do love this book.
I do love this book.
snack for a fall day
(I just got a hefty load of pecans from Limestone Creek Pecans down there in Georgia)
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(I just got a hefty load of pecans from Limestone Creek Pecans down there in Georgia)
@theorchardkeeper.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
snack for a fall day
(I just got a hefty load of pecans from Limestone Creek Pecans down there in Georgia)
@theorchardkeeper.bsky.social
(I just got a hefty load of pecans from Limestone Creek Pecans down there in Georgia)
@theorchardkeeper.bsky.social
I read Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, by Dorthe Nors (2015; 2017 translation from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra).
Did I devour a whole jar of salty licorice while reading this? That I did (Lakrids by Bülow #2).
Did I devour a whole jar of salty licorice while reading this? That I did (Lakrids by Bülow #2).
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I read Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, by Dorthe Nors (2015; 2017 translation from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra).
Did I devour a whole jar of salty licorice while reading this? That I did (Lakrids by Bülow #2).
Did I devour a whole jar of salty licorice while reading this? That I did (Lakrids by Bülow #2).
<sigh>
another project . . .
another project . . .
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
<sigh>
another project . . .
another project . . .
I read Beowulf: Dragonslayer, by Rosemary Sutcliff (1961). Just checking it out before I hand it off to a great-nephew, a bright boy.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I read Beowulf: Dragonslayer, by Rosemary Sutcliff (1961). Just checking it out before I hand it off to a great-nephew, a bright boy.
I read The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands, by James G. Swan (1874), a Smithsonian Institution paper. Swan's dream destination almost from his arrival in the Northwest, he begged the American Museum of Natural History for years and years to fund a study trip to the Queen Charlottes 1/2
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I read The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands, by James G. Swan (1874), a Smithsonian Institution paper. Swan's dream destination almost from his arrival in the Northwest, he begged the American Museum of Natural History for years and years to fund a study trip to the Queen Charlottes 1/2
I read Old Friend from Far Away: 150 Chinese Poems from the Great Dynasties, an anthology compiled and translated by C.H. Kwock & Vincent McHugh. This 1980 North
Point Press edition gathers several earlier publications, really just pamphlets, sold through City Lights Bookstore.
Point Press edition gathers several earlier publications, really just pamphlets, sold through City Lights Bookstore.
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I read Old Friend from Far Away: 150 Chinese Poems from the Great Dynasties, an anthology compiled and translated by C.H. Kwock & Vincent McHugh. This 1980 North
Point Press edition gathers several earlier publications, really just pamphlets, sold through City Lights Bookstore.
Point Press edition gathers several earlier publications, really just pamphlets, sold through City Lights Bookstore.
I intended yesterday to mow the lawn one last time but it started raining so I went to the bookstore and found some good used books to bring home.
Curious, the two 1970s books use the exact same typeface on the cover.
Curious, the two 1970s books use the exact same typeface on the cover.
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I intended yesterday to mow the lawn one last time but it started raining so I went to the bookstore and found some good used books to bring home.
Curious, the two 1970s books use the exact same typeface on the cover.
Curious, the two 1970s books use the exact same typeface on the cover.
I read An Imaginary Life, by David Malouf (1978), in which the poet Ovid undergoes a surprising metamorphosis of his own.
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I read An Imaginary Life, by David Malouf (1978), in which the poet Ovid undergoes a surprising metamorphosis of his own.
Poking around in my mom's things I found a packet of letters, 112 of them, from my great-grandmother to my grandfather, 1938-1945. She and my gr-grandfather had just moved from Seneca, Missouri, to Olive Branch in Illinois' Little Egypt region when the letters start,
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October 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Poking around in my mom's things I found a packet of letters, 112 of them, from my great-grandmother to my grandfather, 1938-1945. She and my gr-grandfather had just moved from Seneca, Missouri, to Olive Branch in Illinois' Little Egypt region when the letters start,
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I read The Poems of François Villon, in poet Galway Kinnell's 1977 translation.
A scoundrel and a scapegrace, but a poet.
A scoundrel and a scapegrace, but a poet.
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I read The Poems of François Villon, in poet Galway Kinnell's 1977 translation.
A scoundrel and a scapegrace, but a poet.
A scoundrel and a scapegrace, but a poet.
I read Bucolics, by Maurice Manning (2007). A farmer addresses God ("Boss") on subjects high and low, in an Appalachian mode.
October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I read Bucolics, by Maurice Manning (2007). A farmer addresses God ("Boss") on subjects high and low, in an Appalachian mode.
I read Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories, by Raymond Carver (1983). The hunk on the cover looks like my brother did around that time.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I read Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories, by Raymond Carver (1983). The hunk on the cover looks like my brother did around that time.