“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”-Flannery O’Connor
Monthly Archives: December 2016
What Are You Reading in December?
What is on your reading list, as the days become darker and shorter? Do your habits change as the weather turns cold? I’ve been way too busy this month to do much reading, and I’m not going to be able to slow down between now and the new year.
Since 1st December, I’ve finished:
- Labor and Freedom by Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs, 1897
I’m currently reading:
- e. e. cummings: A Life by Susan Cheever
- Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman
- Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in the Victorian Novel by Lee Anna Maynard
Which book on your list do you most look forward to reading, and why?
Please share with me in the comments!
Emily Dickinson on Poetry
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”-Emily Dickinson

A couple of Emily Dickinson books
Your poetry certainly passes this test, dearest Emily! Happy birthday.
Off-Topic Post: Happy 100th Birthday, Kirk Douglas!

Birthday boy Kirk Douglas
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
It’s that day of the year again.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea.
This was originally published here on 7 December 2012. In what is turning into an annual tradition, I am re-posting it today in honor of its subject, my buddy Frank.
Books in Art: At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane (1872)
At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane (1872)

At Home: A Portrait by Walter Crane, 1872
Shopping for the Bookworm: M is for Miller, Arthur
M is for Miller, Arthur:

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Upcycled Library Card Print by Heidi Pitre Art. $39.00.
Daily Diversion #363: Sculpture in Black and White

Nude in Black and White
Blaise Pascal on Reading Too Fast or Too Slowly
“When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.”-Blaise Pascal